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Welcome Licorice Pizza (LP) lovers! Setup guides and Vinyl FAQ.

If you haven't done this already....

disconnect the leads from the cartridge, then check each wire from the cartridge connector to the middle part of the RCA connector on each channel. Look at the meter and should read 0.00ohms or close to that with a solid connection. Then do the same with the outer part of the RAC connectors to the other two cartridge connectors. If all readings are 0.0 then you are good with the wiring from point to point.

Then go and check the RCA's from center pin to outer shell. There should be no reading on the meter. If that checks out, then you are good with the wiring.

This will point back to the cartridge or connection on the cartridge pins. There is a way to check to make sure the cartridge is ok but save that for last.

one question, have you tried another table to make sure its not the any of the gear making this noise? receiver or phono preamp? Has this ever made this noise before? if not, what changed?

I had a similar hum issue happen with my setup after changing a wand on the ET2 arm. It turned out the connection on one of the wires connected to the cartridge wasn't tight very loose. I tighten the grip of the connector and it was all gone. It doesn't take much to cause that issue either.

let us know what steps you have done with the info here. Please write down what you so you have a check list of steps you did and results for process of elimination troubleshooting. It helps out and as we get older we tend to forget easy things. :) Good to review it after as well.





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