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RE: Isolation Transformer For Digital Sources?

Ken, I appreciate your time and you may be right about having a preamp issue. I bought the pre new in January and it has been modded. Gain has been lowered to match the high gain of my SS amp and a 6dB pad added for the gain of the ARC CD. Higher quality pots replaced the stock. I have to believe that Ralph would not let a unit leave his shop with any tech problems. He even setup the preamp and tested it using a SS amp.
I have rolled the tubes, but I can check again, and I do own a small line stage.

I'm certainly not dismissing your diagnosis, since it was done very thoughtfully and methodically.
The fact that when I ran the digital from the separate AC line for a few days and the offending noise was eliminated still makes me wonder if isolation would work. Also, the use of the Tripp-Lite power strip did provide some periods of noise-free use of my system.

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