Lyra Lydian Beta, Rega hum?

Jsbail- At the risk of stating the obvious, do you have a good ground? Have you tried it w/o a ground?

Are you axperiencing hum all the time or just when a record is playing? Is the hum from both channels or just one? Could you provide more specific details?

Have you inspected the wire clips to ensure that there is good contact with the cartridge pins as well as a good soldered connection to the wires? Are you asdsolutely sure that each wire is connected to the correct pin?

Jim

I have a Lydian Beta with a rega p25/rb600. Bat pre and phono stage. No hum at all. Got to be something you can troubleshoot such as Jim's advice above. Also, maybe a defective cartridge?

Also, I'm curious what you think of the TT/cart combo. Sounds lean to me...not a lot of body...bass is great and soundstaging is great. maybe my cardtridge loading is off or VTA-since it's fixed?

The only thing that left for you to do is to contact Immedia and report that problem. It might be a problem with cartridge internal wiring.
BTW Rega turntable is a big compromise for Lyra but it shouldn't hum. Lyra can deliver much more from the Basis 1400. Basis 1400/RB300 combo will definitely smoke your current analogue setup.

The P-25 isnt causing the hum.
The Basis 1400 does not 'smoke' the P-25
I listened to both before buying the P-25
The Basis is better for light classical and Jazz but the P-25 SMOKES the little 1400 with good old rock and roll! All depends what you want from a table.

Thanks all for responses so far.

All contacts are tight and on the correct pins. Hum is from both channels and is heard all the time. Jimbo3, how would I ground a Rega turntable?

Today I put a B&O cartridge from my circa 1982 beogram RX on the Rega. The hum is now a factor only at high volume. It would be something I could live with if it were a decent cartridge. I don't think this proves the problem is with the Lyra. The low level hum with the B&O is the same as with the Lyra, only at a much lower level. Maybe the Lyra is more sensitive?

I clearly don't know what I am talking about.

Jfrech, I wish I could comment on the characteristics of the Rega/ Lyra combination, but so far it is unlistenable.