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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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Poor ground caused HUM, not crackling or pops. 

There’s a fair amount to static electricity generated from vinyl playback. That static can cause “crackling and pops” from attracting particles into the groove so fiercely the stylus cannot dislodge it, or by discharging through the signal wire (and into the phono stage). Grounding the bearing and the tone arm is good.

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