Your problem is strange. I say so because I have virtualy the same set up you do. TNT 3.0 modified, superplatter, outer ring, SDS, Graham B-44, Clearaudio Stradivari, KAB etc. and on and on.
My Lp`s are DEAD QUIET, I have NO surface noise at all, they are as dead quiet as CD`s. People are amazed that they can`t hear anything when when I drop the stylus.
I suspect the cartridge/arm, that area, your "surface noise" may not be that, What you are calling surface noise may be static that is generated by the cartridge as it tracks, perhaps poor grounding, can you try another cartridge?, if the noise lessens even a bit it will point in the direction of the problem.
Do not listen to people that tell you to go to CD`s, their hearing is destroyed and they are doomed to wonder the Earth looking for garage sale Cd`s.
My Lp`s are DEAD QUIET, I have NO surface noise at all, they are as dead quiet as CD`s. People are amazed that they can`t hear anything when when I drop the stylus.
I suspect the cartridge/arm, that area, your "surface noise" may not be that, What you are calling surface noise may be static that is generated by the cartridge as it tracks, perhaps poor grounding, can you try another cartridge?, if the noise lessens even a bit it will point in the direction of the problem.
Do not listen to people that tell you to go to CD`s, their hearing is destroyed and they are doomed to wonder the Earth looking for garage sale Cd`s.