Turntables that don't need to be grounded?

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DJ Chrono
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Registered: Jan 2002
Location: toronto

Turntables that don't need to be grounded?

Hi,

I am planning to sell my turntables and mixer, as I don't do any mixing anymore, but I still want to listen to my records- so I'm going to get a new turntable.

My amp doesn't have a grounding post on it, like my mixer did, so if I just hook up the 2 rca ends from the turntable to the amp, I get sound but it's horrible. So, my question is, are there any turntables out there that don't need to be grounded, and can plug directly into the RCA jacks on an amp? I don't have an optical input on the amp either, just RCA.

Or is there an alternate way to ground the turntable while plugging it into the amp?

Thanks for any help-

PS. If anyone is in the toronto area and wants a pair of stanton str8-60 turntables, cases, and vestax pcv-275 for a pretty reasonable price, send me a pm!

May-15-2006 16:55 Canada

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Tsukai
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Registered: Apr 2006
Location: Calgary, Canada

Stanton T.80 doesn't need to be grounded. It also have a phono/line switch. Phono ==> mixer. Line ==> to everything else.

May-15-2006 18:47 Canada

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Cheetah86
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Registered: Jun 2004
Location: NJ / Troy, NY

It's more than just grounding in the situation you describe. Your mixer had phono inputs which took your TT outputs. The amp has line inputs which could take a CD or computer or DVD player etc. output. Both use RCA cables but the signal is different, and that's why it sounds crappy. Use a TT with a phono/line switch like Tsukai said or get a phono adapter/preamp for your TT which basically converts the phono signal to line. The adapter might have a ground on there.

May-15-2006 19:05 United States

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DJ Chrono
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Registered: Jan 2002
Location: toronto

I didn't realize phono and line inputs were different, thanks for the infos!

May-15-2006 19:13 Canada

sr126
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Registered: Aug 2005
Location: los angeles, usa

you can also ground the turntable by loosening a screw on the amp's chassis, and hook up the ground cable, and tighten the screw to clamp on the ground cable.

if your amp does not have a phono button/switch on it (sorry, aux will not work either) then you will need a preamp (or adapter like cheetah said)

May-16-2006 09:47 United States

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T-Soma
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Registered: Oct 2004
Location: Chair

Get a stanton deck, they have line output.
That means you can hook it up to any amp without a phono pre-amp and without grounding post.

May-16-2006 10:15 Australia

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Trance Nutter
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Registered: Aug 2002
Location: Adelaide, Australia

quote:
Originally posted by DJ 00 Tommy
Get a stanton deck, they have line output.
That means you can hook it up to any amp without a phono pre-amp and without grounding post.

yup, Stantons are your choice here. Kinda handy that little internal ground loop.

Or alternatively, all you need to do is attach your ground wire to anything metal on your amp. If there is another plug close (but unused) to the input you do use, just magyver the ground cable to it. Shuold work satisfactorily.

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