Yeah, tried different cables, everything sounded fine in the front, I have a router box set up that allows you to switch pedals from the front to the loop by stomping a button. I tried with and without this router box as well, just in case.That's a lot of bad luck!
You did try different cables (in case the cable is broken and not the amp), right? And pedals work just fine into the front of the amp without buzzing issues?
Even just running a short 1ft patch cable from the effects send to effects return, with nothing even plugged into the front, made the Archon Classic buzz loudly. I had read about the effects loop being noisy on some of the older Archons and Tremonti amps, but it seemed as though they had worked out a fix for that.