you should develop a consistent sequence for system power up and turn off. including grounding your self prior to touching anything to drain any static charge you may carry.
and that should always be turning "on" , first touching something, then from source toward the amp.
then your turn off sequence should be ’grounding’ then amp to source.
this sequence will eliminate turn on or turn off pops.
and any time you mess with vinyl, you ground yourself EVERY time you are going to touch something. very quickly you will develop muscle memory and you won’t even think about it.
now getting to your specific situation; you should first ground yourself, then ’mute’ the phono, then touch the tonearm. if you can ’mute’ with your remote, then ’mute’ on your remote first then, then ground, then touch the tonearm. if you press mute on the phono pre chassis first, prior to grounding yourself, that can be a big problem and can fry stuff.
note; when you ’mute’ you do mostly insulate your speakers from any pop. but then grounding before you touch anything is even more safe.
as far as what to touch for grounding, something organic is best. i touch a wood shelf on my rack. every......single....time.
and that should always be turning "on" , first touching something, then from source toward the amp.
then your turn off sequence should be ’grounding’ then amp to source.
this sequence will eliminate turn on or turn off pops.
and any time you mess with vinyl, you ground yourself EVERY time you are going to touch something. very quickly you will develop muscle memory and you won’t even think about it.
now getting to your specific situation; you should first ground yourself, then ’mute’ the phono, then touch the tonearm. if you can ’mute’ with your remote, then ’mute’ on your remote first then, then ground, then touch the tonearm. if you press mute on the phono pre chassis first, prior to grounding yourself, that can be a big problem and can fry stuff.
note; when you ’mute’ you do mostly insulate your speakers from any pop. but then grounding before you touch anything is even more safe.
as far as what to touch for grounding, something organic is best. i touch a wood shelf on my rack. every......single....time.