I don't have a ground plug, it's just a two prong plug. I tried it again tonight and it started moaning again after about 2 minutes of being powered on. I don't have the LFE cable plugged in.
If I recall this thing has a 5 year warranty so I'll start the proceedings, just hate the idea of paying for shipping...would rather just drop off at Best Buy and say "fix it"...lol.