dead quiet

I can put my ear right against the speaker grill with the preamp in the phono position with the volume control at the normal listening level for lp's and hear absolutely nothing at all. Even if I turn up the volume control, it still remains silent. I have no power conditioner.

Ditto,

Tell us a bit about your cartridge, tonearm, phonostage, etc. There are known combinations that show a few issues, so maybe someone around here will have experience with your particular mix of things.

Ditto, Cleaning up your power is certainly a critical element in the pursuit of "dead quiet". A lot of the noise one hears is from the influence of dirty power to the signal. The noise can come from power out of the wall, power from amplification (pre and/or amp), infuences in the signal path, and of course from the source itself. I believe one must address all of these areas to get there.

Will Mr. Fiel tell us an affordable combination . This is for people like me who can't stop by. It would greatly appreciated.
Mr. Porter I would love to know what you are using could youy explain your analog front end.
I truly wonder if your hearing everything? I mean no insult please don't take it that way. I have heard some incredible systems even lloyd Walker's personal rig. Convince me!
Albert--- Lloyd is a gentleman and hasn't uttered a bad word about your dumping his table.

You're right Mechans, I have a terrible system, no wonder I think LP's are so quiet.

That's great that Lloyd hasn't uttered a bad word about my "dumping" my Walker (your words). I haven't uttered a bad word about Lloyd not buying my Walker.

Matter of fact, why didn't you buy my Walker?