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Ground Wire

The tonearm cable is plugged into RCA input of the phono stage. The tonearm ground wire is connected to the ground post of the same phono stage. The first RCA L/R outputs of the phono stage are connected to a pair of mono blocks. There is no hum I could hear coming from the speakers connected to them. The second L/R outputs of phono stage are connected to the line input of the integrated amplifier that drives a second pair of speakers. That's where the hum is quite audible. That integrated amplifier also has the ground post. I wonder if I could get rid of the hum by connecting the phonostage's ground post with the ground post of the integrated amplifier. What kind of wire should be used to connect two ground posts of two different preamplifiers? The units are at least 8 feet apart. 
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plumptonvinyl
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That should read power block
plumptonvinyl
49 posts
 
Hi Everyone,

I have a similar humming/ buzzing from my speakers when I connect my Bluesound Node2i.
as soon as I plug the power in the buzz starts.

when you  say @speakermaster, connect to the same outlet are you referring to the same power lock?

would this be apply the same to all components?
so I have turntable, phonostage and Bluesound Node2i Steamer with DAC built in.

could the issue be the Bluesound is  two pole power lead (Double Insulated Product). My amp and Turntable have 3 way grounded power leads. 
Is there a conflict?

I hope this all adds to the original question.

thanks


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