Report "shield issue I came across the wire mentioned above. The shield connection appears to be broken in this wire! i unplugged the wire, turned the T751 on - and voila all noise was gone, tried most of the functions and all appears to be working. The connection between J604B and J7001 seems not to have any function at all, besides generating static noise, though I do not think that this was the intended idea from NAD, result = I Am Puzzled and Working T751"