My Scoutmaster has the wire from the bottom of the tonearm stub that Thaluza speaks of. It has a loop that should go to the grounding stub on the junction box. Put that one on first, then the ground wire to the preamp. I use a low output MC and even with the gain way up on my phono stage, I have no hum, just a slight tube rush if I get close enough to the loudspeakers without music playing.
VPI Scoutmaster Turntable Hum, Help
My system consists of the following: Thor Audio TPA-150's,
monoblocks, TA-2000 preamp,(which includes phono and linestage), Richard Gray power conditioner, a pair of Quad 988's with a Audio Physics Minos Subwoofer and the VPI
Scoutmaster. When I upgraded from a VPI Scout to a Scoutmaster( with all the equipment remaining the same I notice a hum when listening to records and the hum is audible when I turn the volume up to the 10: o'clock position when the preamp is on the phono position. It should be noted that if I turn the preamp to the phono position the hum is audible. I ran a ground wire to the
preamp from the turntable block and the hum was reduced slightly. But still an audible hum. Any suggestions?
monoblocks, TA-2000 preamp,(which includes phono and linestage), Richard Gray power conditioner, a pair of Quad 988's with a Audio Physics Minos Subwoofer and the VPI
Scoutmaster. When I upgraded from a VPI Scout to a Scoutmaster( with all the equipment remaining the same I notice a hum when listening to records and the hum is audible when I turn the volume up to the 10: o'clock position when the preamp is on the phono position. It should be noted that if I turn the preamp to the phono position the hum is audible. I ran a ground wire to the
preamp from the turntable block and the hum was reduced slightly. But still an audible hum. Any suggestions?
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