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Grounding a turntable and a tonearm

As I learn about the world if high end audio I hit moments I feel really dumb and this is one of them.  So I have a SOTA Sapphire VI turntable and a Audiomods tonearm.  I have the ground that comes out tonearm going to the Phono stage ground post.  But I am having a nightmare time with static and popping etc on the turntable and someone said I have not grounded the turntable.

Well looking under the turntable there is a ground post.  So I have two grounds and I am not sure the right way to wire this!  Do I wire the tone arm into the ground on the turntable, and then run a wire to the phono stage, do I run two wires to the phono stage, whichI think could cause a ground loop?  Do I take the turntable ground somewhere else?  Just trying to figure all this out.  

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Justin, where do you live? @noromance may have a point. Dry air allows static to accumulate. Forced hot air systems without humidifiers are static generators. 

Throw away any paper sleeves as they will gladly donate electrons to PVC. Read about the Triboelectric effect. The next best way to deal with the static is to give it a pathway to ground. Hudson HiFi makes a conductive sweep are that you hook up to ground and it does just that. It discharges the record during play and sweeps any incidental dust out of the way.

You try to hook up all your grounds to one point. In this case they should all be connected to the phono stage. The phono stage should be connected to house ground. If you were to still have a hum you start using cheaters of equipment till you find the culprit. 

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