Rega Planar 10/Aria MC Phono Stage HUM


Hey all. I recently took delivery of a Rega Planar 10 and Aria Phono Stage. Hooked it up yesterday. Result: pretty significant MC hum. I’ve done some interwebbing on the matter and have seen the P8/Aria post at this forum, and see that the Aria seems to hum quite a bit. Most of the suggestions about fixing the issue are directed towards checking for grounding issues, etc. The rest of my system is fairly straightforward (Hegel H160 integrated; Hegel CDP4A; top shelf Supra wire) so after hooking it all up, I unhooked everything except the Aria to the amp and the speakers. Same hum, same volume. I did typical ground checks and that doesn’t seem to be the issue. I took the Aria and put it one more shelf away from the amp (as far away as the cable allows) and lo and behold the hum volume was cut in half. While at the new position, the hum would be "tolerable" at any particular music volume, it’s annoying when there’s no music signal going to the speakers. Standard light background white noise is somewhat expected, extraneous signal hum doesn’t work for me. So, if, indeed, this is a simple proximity issue (I don’t feel like buying more wire and putting the Aria across the room), is there an elegant shielding solution for the Aria? Is this an issue of Aria design (possibly an engineering "compromise" as Roy Gandy might suggest)? What are other phono stages at a similar price point ($1500ish) which perform musically as well as the Aria? I see I see the Parasound JC3 Jr might be an option. Looking forward to suggestions. Thanks!
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lewm that was smatsui a different poster.  Last TT setup I had was a VPI and Audible Illusions back in the ealry 2000s.  
The isolating fabric came a short while ago and when I have a few extra minutes I'll wrap the Aria and see what happens.  Then I'll wrap the Hegel.  Then I'll do a little jig...
OK.  Aria wrapped in isolating cloth - no change in hum.  Switching Aria and integrated positions - no change in hum (Aria originally two shelves below, I switched them (and all cable routing) and them switched them back (and all cable routing)).  For kicks, I put the isolating cloth under the integrated (no change):I think I'll just leave it there.  

So the only thing that decreased the volume on the original hum level was to move the Aria from directly below the integrated to two shelves below the integrated.  Is it possible I got crap isolating cloth from Amazon?  The Aria was wrapped at least twice in the cloth on five sides and the back, while open for the cables, has a lot of extra cloth draped over the back.  
Is it ERS cloth?  You may need to wrap the component completely so that no part of the chassis is uncovered, and then ground the cloth.  A true metal cage is better in this case if only because it allows for cooling.
Before you get that crazy, try using a cheater plug on the Aria, so that it is not grounded to the mains.  As long as you have interconnects plugged in, the unit will still be grounded via the ground of the ICs.
Not ERS.  "Faraday": EMF, EMI, RF blocking fabric.  

OK, cheater plug next.

Any love for Aria RCA out/Hegel XLR input balanced cables?