At least you did get to the bottom of the problem. I fought for the longest time trying to figure out a problem in my system. It was the same type as yours but it was intermittent. I ended up doing as I had told you to do and found it to be my preamp also. Well now I have a whole new system and things couldn't be better.

Rick


"A fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity." Sigmund Freud