Maybe this is too simple, I attached the ground wire from the turntable to
the screw that holds the A/C plate onto the outlet. All hum went away...

> Hey all you iMic users,
> 
> OK, I fiddled around with the Turntable to iMic to USB hub recording
> method, again, and it seems that the problem may not be a grounding
> problem. 
> If I take the input from the turntable out of the iMic, I get the 60Hz
> buzz, unless I (effectively) ground the iMic by holding it in my hand.
> When the grounded by hand I get white noise (noise across the whole
> spectrum).
> 
> If I plug in the input from the turntable, I get the same white noise as
> I do w/o the turntable.
> 
> What am I supposed to do to not get this humongous amount of noise?
> 
> I tried grounding the ground wire from the turntable to other grounds,
> i.e. to the ground in the outlet strip to which the USB hub is connected,
> to the case of the power supply of the computer, to the ground screw on a
> non-turntable-friendly stereo plugged into the same powerstrip as the USB
> hub, and to the antenna ground on the same stereo.
> 
> Somehow I have an idea that there is some basic concept I am missing.
> 
> Bill
> 
> 
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