neevo
Super Member
BTW, in my opinion power supplies should be in ugly boxes. Why? Because ugly boxes get put on the floor behind the rack and their even uglier magnetic fields are kept away from sensitive audio circuits. Beautiful power supplies get put next to beautiful amplifiers and can cause problems. Putting the power supply in the same box as the audio circuit can work out fine but bear in mind that phono pre-amps have a lot of gain at low frequencies (20dB more than the midrange) and transformers can cause serious hum. Be prepared to experiment and find the best layout before committing your self by drilling lots of holes etc.
That's where I'm at @rothwellaudio as I'm pretty sure the toroidal transformer is the thing that's causing the hum in my T10.
My plan was to run the power main into the Amp still (so I use the on/off switch on the amp) but extend the wires on the toroidal transformer and mount it 1m away in its own enclosure (with aviation connectors for easy separation).
Plan was to twist all wires and also shield them in the T10 too as a extra precaution.
Would that work?
Bought heavy gauge 7.5A wire to complete the job which was the only concern I could immediately think of. Plan on testing the concept tonight by wiring up the transformer with 1m extra leads and putting it a way away from the amp to see if that cures my hum issue.