Ground Hum


I need some suggestions eliminating ground hum from my VPI Scoutmaster.

Cart is a Shure V15Vmxr (or whatever it's called)
Tone arm is JMW9 with stock wiring
Preamp is Dynavector P75.

I have tried a few different cables ranging from monster cable to cheap stock audio cables you find with most electronics. Makes no difference. If I touch the tone arm wtih my finger, the hum gets louder. If I touch the gold connectors on the back of the turntable the hum goes away. Touching any other parts of the tonearm output block or the preamp causes hum to get louder. Any suggestions?

A_L
arnold_layne

Showing 1 response by cableplex

Run a ground wire from the dynavector to the tonearm headshell. Does it go away?

Run a ground wire from the headshell to your main preamp. Does it go away?

If it does go away that will tell you at what point the problem is.

Make sure your rca plugs are clean and make good contacts... Most likely you have a break in your ground wire.

Other possible cause could be the pivot point needle bearing is dirty and breaking the ground, or the contacts to your cart are damaged or dirty.