Thanks for the suggestion... but this noise is there wheter anything is connectecd or not.
Shortly after I bought my C220, I noticed that the phono section was no longer silent. I took in to have my dealer take a look at it. It turned out to be an issue with the ground lug. Apparently, when the unit was built, the paint was not adequately scraped off at the ground lug. It was an easy fix and now it's totally quiet with original Winged Cs.
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