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What might cause LOUD hum in a Conrad Johnson pv6

The PV6 today blared out a loud hum after it had been running fine for a couple of hours. I shut off all power to the amp, pre-amp, tuner etc. I noticed when I moved the preamp that one of the output cables was disconnected.
I don't know if it somehow disconnected and it caused a hum or became disconnected when I moved the pre-amp. In anycase, I later plugged the cables back in securely and used only a tuner STILL A HUM then a turntable and STILL A HUM.

I am looking for someone who might have an idea what is causing the hum. I opened the preamp No smell all tubes appear to be working. So I am puzzled.
randall
randallvar
phd
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This is one explanation: Microphonics. Try tube dampers.
elevick
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Is the hum out of both channels? Tighten transformer screws
Is the hum on one side? Try swapping the final gain tubes only, probably 5751's. Just change the right and left. See if the hum moves too. To find these, I think they were the very back pair on the left but can't quite remember?
phd
1,008 posts
 
Randallvar, is the hum coming from your speakers or is coming directly from inside the preamp?
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