Guys, thanks for the input but I am still fighting the good fight.

I have moved the sub to a different outlet, and have read your step guide without any luck (thanks Alan).

At one point I had a ground wire running from the amp to th pre to the sub with still no luck. Is there anyway that I can test cables for problems, or rather can cables be at fault?

At this point I am hoping that it is something that I have done to creat the problem. All the pre to amp interconnects are new Belkin RCA's......