Need help with a turntable/grounding issue..

aaharvel
aaharvel Posts: 4,489
edited April 2006 in Basic Hookup/Wiring Questions
Ok so I got the turntable, the separate phono pre-amp.
Everything's hooked up right with the receiver, except the music volume is low and i'm getting noticeable humming.

I assumed it's a grounding issue so i went to RatShack and bought some spades and a grounding wire. They don't have the wire and the guy said I could just use speaker wire. There's a grounding terminal on the back of the pre-amp and another one on the back of the turntable. Do I just connect one end of the speakerwire w/spade on the ground terminal of the turntable and the other one on the pre-amp?
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  • aaharvel
    aaharvel Posts: 4,489
    edited April 2006
    nevermind. that was an easy one to fix.
    H/K Signature 2.1+235
    Jungson MagicBoat II
    Revel Performa M-20
    Velodyne cht-10 sub
    Rega P1 Turntable

    "People working at Polk Audio must sit around the office and just laugh their balls off reading many of these comments." -Lush
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  • unc2701
    unc2701 Posts: 3,587
    edited April 2006
    If you want something cleaner, I ordered some replacement gound wires for my 1200's (the spades came off and they were getting frayed) and they accidentally sent me 3 instead of 2. PM me if you want the spare.
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited April 2006
    aaharvel wrote:
    nevermind. that was an easy one to fix.
    Well, what did you do? Connect the dots?
    More later,
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