on 05/02/04 21:08, Bill Rising at brising at Louisville.edu wrote: > Hey folks, > > Anyone know a simple way to ground a turntable to the same ground as a > computer? > > I (finally) bought an iMic, so that I could record records into the > computer w/o carting the whole stereo to the basement, but am now faced > with a serious hum. I thought that grounding the turntable to the cheap, > modern, all-in-one stereo which is plugged into the same outlet strip as > the USB hub would fix the problem, but I was mistaken. > > I see that Griffin cleverly sells a grounded rca to miniplug adapter, but > 12.99 seems a bit steep for a ground. Any other ideas? > > Bill >
Bill, Since I use an amplifier and external speakers to listen to my computerized MP3's, I ground the turntable at the rear of the amplifier. You might try picking up a ground from under a mounting screw on the power supply in the computer. I haven't tried this but it should work. Good luck Bill | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be May 25. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
