hum in system, ground loon? 60hz?

Maybe you do, maybe you dont. How loud is it? First, make sure your interconnects are all on tight, then try a cheater plug. Then move the cables around. Im not sure exactly about the cables but I am sure someone will respond with how to do that. Then, tell us what preamp and amp you have. Lots of them alone or in combination produce a low level 60 hz hum/buzz audible close up but usually not at the listener's chair. Good luck.

Thanks Paulwp, I have a Bat VK50SE and a Bat VK60. Electraglide AC cords and Transparent and cardas interconnects. Hum occurs with any source. It's not very loud and doesn't change with volume control. I can't hear it from my listening position, but can within 4 feet or so...

My suggestion would be to go work from the speaker backwards. Disconnect everything but your speaker and power amp, short your power amp inputs. If your hum is still there, it's the power amp. Try lifting ground in that case. Work your way back through pre-amp and source.

A note of caution here; there is a reason why this stuff is grounded, it is for your safety, so be careful.

You don't have anything hooked up to it that touches a cable line do you. No video souce whatever. I found out that anytime I connect any video device, even a DVD player to a tubed preamp I got a ground loop hum. I tried the Mondial magic box and floating grounds on all different pieces. It improved but the only way to totally eliminate it was unplug the video device from the back of the preamp or switch to a solid state preamp. I know many of you will be dissapointed to learn that I finally chose the latter. If no video source touches your preamp, I don't know, but you could try floating the grounds.

Ok, Njonker and Jmc have good advice. Try lifting the ground (use a cheater plug) on the amp and then the preamp, but my guess is that wont do it, because I dont think you have a grounding problem. I have tube preamps that in combination with other equipment put out the same kind of hum. Now my stuff is not as expensive as yours and it surprises me that a Bat combo would, but it may be something else in or adjacent to the system. I have a vintage Luxman tuner that just plugged in, not even connected or turned on, will produce a hum through my system. (Anyone want to buy it?) In my second system I have an inexpensive Anthem preamp that in combination with my old Muse 100 amp puts put the same low level hum, and some people say it does the same with the Anthem amp, but its perfectly silent with any other amp I hook it up to. And the little Muse is quiet with any non-tube preamp. Not a good combination. You might also try plugging the preamp into a different circuit altogether if you can. Use an extension cord just to see if that eliminates the hum.

Then, how long have you owned it? If you bought new, have you talked to your dealer?