Gents, thanks for the suggestions. I asked my boss for a work from home day specifically for this, so i will be testing the theories, and hopefully resolving the issue. I see that the cable splitter isnt grounded, so i will do my best to ground that. also, i am going to take everything else out of the equation and just have sub and receiver plugged into one power strip to test this correctly. I will have an answer for you all shortly.