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Sota Comet Grounding question
And thank you for all the useful tips! 
Sota Comet Grounding question
Wow, almost all my outlets are two prong in my old NYC apartment. Guess I should contact the landlord about that. I’ve had to use a power strip for the amp and preamp because I only have the one three prong outlet near my audio rack 
Sota Comet Grounding question
Great, thanks for that! I’ll give this a shot before I mess around with tonearm wires. Just curious if it make a difference if the wall outlet accepts two prongs versus three of I go this route? I have two different outlets near my rack and have b... 
Sota Comet Grounding question
Thanks I’ll give that arm a shot. I do feel that because my Rega and thorens tables play without any static issues there could still be a grounding issue with the Sota. Maybe I didn’t ground the arm and chassis correctly so I’m gonna re-visit that... 
Sota Comet Grounding question
Hi ebm,Out of curiosity did you ground the motor to a preamp or amp or directly to a house ground? Connecting to my preamp isn’t working but maybe I need to make sure all the grounding posts in my system are more secure. I don’t know how to ground... 
Sota Comet Grounding question
Thanks, I contacted Sota and they said the chassis ground should be connected to the preamp. I still get a lot of static this way. The bearing well is some sort of Teflon or plastic so I can’t add a wire to that. I may revisit my tonearm wiring ju... 
Jelco 250st on Sota Comet worth a rewire?
Thank you for your response, very helpful. It looks like the Jelco still has the original din plug in place. I mainly bought this thinking I’d rewire the tonearm and try it on my Thorens. If the Jelco is a good tonearm I still might go that route.