George, I could kiss you square on the lips! Your video helped me find that last bit of hum reduction I needed so I could use one of my LOMC carts. I did everything to reduce the hum, but at a higher volume I was still getting an annoying amount of hum that prevented me from enjoying albums with quieter pieces of music. It turns out by adding the ground-free (I forgot the technical name) plug on the PSU connected to my phono stage, I was able to eliminate the hum almost completely. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. Cheers! 😁👍
How is the proper connection for the earth/ground? I’ve got an SL-1210 mk II hooked to a DBX BX-3/CX-3 combo all two prong plugs. Should all chassis be grounded directly to the wall socket screw or all to the pre-amp and a single wire to the wall?
hello my friend can you help me? I'm having problems with my vinyl playing record. the speaker keeps shifting back and forth at high volumes. the ground is correct. I replaced the cable with a new one. the right and left wires are correct. the device is far from the boxes. already reviewed the cables. I can't solve it. my setap devices are: amplifier pioneer elite a 20, and the vinyl record player is technics slq 2. voltage 120v.
Dear Sir, I have a Technics SL-1200 with its own grounding wire. I currently have that wire connected to the grounding post on the back of my preamp - as most people suggest. However, don’t I have to separately ground the preamp? Should I connect some speaker wire to the same preamp post used by the turntable and then connect the other end of the speaker wire to the ground post on the back of my receiver? Also, could I use your method of connecting the turntable’s two prong power to a three prong grounding adapter and not connect the turntable ground wire to the preamp, then connect the preamp to the receiver? Finally, and I really appreciate your patience, could I take the turntable ground wire and attach it to a metal dumbbell sitting on the floor, again freeing up the preamp post to connect to the receiver? Most grateful, Mike.
Disconnect the grounds, you say. How come then the turntable ground and the phono amp ground are typically connected together with separate ground wire?
Thanks for a great video. Now that i eliminated the hum, i still have a channel imbalance. I have meticulously checked my cartridge installation. Position, cleaned wire leads, tracking force and antiskating. I am ready to upgrade the built in RCA interconnects. Any ideas?
Switch the left and right inputs to the phonostage and see if the imbalance changes. If it does then the problem is at the cartridge. If it doesn’t change then try switching the cables from left to right at the output of the phonostage. If nothing changes then the problem is in the phonostage. If it's a tube phonostage, switch the tubes in turn from left to right. If that doesn’t change then the problem is in the phonostage and will need service. Good luck.
I’ve had my turntable for about a week and I grounded my turntable and both speakers, I should mention that my turntable has a built in pre amp, but it was working fine for a few days and we got a thunderstorm which kinda messed with the power a bit, but I was at work at the time, and when I got back to play something that’s when the hum started, so I rewired everything plugged everything back in and still I get the hum, I’ve been seeing that I have to get a ground isolator and or a cheater plug, when I touch my ground station( little screw on the back of my turntable) when I hook up to the ground wire, the noise gets muffled and but I still kind of hear it, so what I’m saying is, can a thunderstorm that messes with your power a bit mess with how the grounding of your turntable?
@@Zestoaudio1 I recently bought the reloop 8000mk2, when i connect it to a power supply, it prodcues a hum sound, tried usinf the mentioned gorund plug but it still does not work Might you be knowing what the issue is?
Dude- you nailed it. The cheater plug fixed the low hum noise. Good job.
George, I could kiss you square on the lips! Your video helped me find that last bit of hum reduction I needed so I could use one of my LOMC carts. I did everything to reduce the hum, but at a higher volume I was still getting an annoying amount of hum that prevented me from enjoying albums with quieter pieces of music.
It turns out by adding the ground-free (I forgot the technical name) plug on the PSU connected to my phono stage, I was able to eliminate the hum almost completely. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. Cheers! 😁👍
Thank you for a helpful video
Very helpful video! Changing the plug did the trick!!!
How is the proper connection for the earth/ground? I’ve got an SL-1210 mk II hooked to a DBX BX-3/CX-3 combo all two prong plugs. Should all chassis be grounded directly to the wall socket screw or all to the pre-amp and a single wire to the wall?
Thanks 😊 George
hello my friend can you help me? I'm having problems with my vinyl playing record. the speaker keeps shifting back and forth at high volumes. the ground is correct. I replaced the cable with a new one. the right and left wires are correct. the device is far from the boxes. already reviewed the cables. I can't solve it. my setap devices are: amplifier pioneer elite a 20, and the vinyl record player is technics slq 2. voltage 120v.
Dear Sir, I have a Technics SL-1200 with its own grounding wire. I currently have that wire connected to the grounding post on the back of my preamp - as most people suggest. However, don’t I have to separately ground the preamp? Should I connect some speaker wire to the same preamp post used by the turntable and then connect the other end of the speaker wire to the ground post on the back of my receiver? Also, could I use your method of connecting the turntable’s two prong power to a three prong grounding adapter and not connect the turntable ground wire to the preamp, then connect the preamp to the receiver? Finally, and I really appreciate your patience, could I take the turntable ground wire and attach it to a metal dumbbell sitting on the floor, again freeing up the preamp post to connect to the receiver? Most grateful, Mike.
Disconnect the grounds, you say. How come then the turntable ground and the phono amp ground are typically connected together with separate ground wire?
Thanks for a great video. Now that i eliminated the hum, i still have a channel imbalance. I have meticulously checked my cartridge installation. Position, cleaned wire leads, tracking force and antiskating.
I am ready to upgrade the built in RCA interconnects. Any ideas?
Switch the left and right inputs to the phonostage and see if the imbalance changes. If it does then the problem is at the cartridge. If it doesn’t change then try switching the cables from left to right at the output of the phonostage. If nothing changes then the problem is in the phonostage. If it's a tube phonostage, switch the tubes in turn from left to right. If that doesn’t change then the problem is in the phonostage and will need service. Good luck.
I’ve had my turntable for about a week and I grounded my turntable and both speakers, I should mention that my turntable has a built in pre amp, but it was working fine for a few days and we got a thunderstorm which kinda messed with the power a bit, but I was at work at the time, and when I got back to play something that’s when the hum started, so I rewired everything plugged everything back in and still I get the hum, I’ve been seeing that I have to get a ground isolator and or a cheater plug, when I touch my ground station( little screw on the back of my turntable) when I hook up to the ground wire, the noise gets muffled and but I still kind of hear it, so what I’m saying is, can a thunderstorm that messes with your power a bit mess with how the grounding of your turntable?
Unfortunately anything can happen when you get a power surge so it’s difficult to say?
how to eliminate or reduce hiss or clicking sound during playback of vinyl records? thanks
Clean the record with a dry microfiber cloth and give the needle a brush with a carbon fiber brush. They sell sets for it
@@luisvelez3512 thank you very much.
trying to look up the plug on amazon..
What's the correct spelling of the mentioned plug?
www.amazon.com/Leviton-274-274-000-Grounding-Adapter/dp/B000H5WGJ6/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=electrical+main+ground+adapter&qid=1589326302&sr=8-3
@@Zestoaudio1 I recently bought the reloop 8000mk2, when i connect it to a power supply, it prodcues a hum sound, tried usinf the mentioned gorund plug but it still does not work
Might you be knowing what the issue is?