[caesar]

I have a yamaha rxv1800 and am having trouble, I get a bad buzz through the speakers, yes all connections are good and the turntable is properly grounded to the amp, I have even purchased a pre amp and hooked it up only to make the sound worse and very distorted. Any help would be greatly appreciated I have a feeling it has something to do with the stylus output. The kicker is, all works and sounds fantastic when hooked up to my old pioneer amp.

 

[57]

If you still have the pre-amp, this is for connecting the phono to a non-phono input like say CD or any of the other high level inputs. The phono input is "special" and requires a low level input - straight phono without the pre-amp.

It's possible that with the pre-amp you sent too much signal to the Phono input and damaged it. A hum/buzz is often an indication of a poor/loose connection on phono. Here's a previous thread to look at for other things to check:

http://www.digitalhome.ca/forum/showthread.php?t=136233&highlight=turntable


Here's a post useful for those new to the forum - FAQs, Search Tips, Optimization, etc:

http://www.digitalhome.ca/forum/showthread.php?t=57741