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If you re-read my post where I suggest he pick up that little preamp to replace that whatever it is he's using, I said that if that didn't cure it, it would be an internal problem within the turntable assembly itself. If it were a simple TT/amp ground issue, the hum would be more stable.
 
If your going to invest in vinyl, you may want to explore a vintage 70's amp/receiver. You certainly wouldn't need any aftermarket gadgets to boost the phono stage of a good vintage amp/receiver. These amp/receiver's were made when vinyl Lp's was the dominant media, so the phono area was built likewise. My Sony DVR doesn't even have a phono input. You can get a good 75-76ish Kenwood amp for $40-$60, I have used one with a TT and an IPOD and they both sounded great.
 
Thanks for the help everyone. I have been busy lately but have tried a few things with getting the hum taken care of. i purchased a new preamp and the hum persists. i have also grounded a speaker wire to outer metal rim of the red cord on my rca cables and plugged that in the turntable. i connected the other end of my grounding wire to both the preamp and the receiver and the hum goes away until i turn the volume up about a quarter of the way. volume level 0-12 no hum, and 13-40 the hum increases as i turn it up. i am now thinking that i need to ground the wire to the proper place on the turntable and/or try with an analog reciever. i have a friend with an old school sony with phono input so im going to try that in the next day or two and see what happens.

couple questions. Is it sufficient that i soldered the speaker wire to the metal rim of an rca jack or should i be soldering that somewhere else in the turntable?

will i need a preamp once i have a older sony receiver with phono?
 
update: i just purchased a pair of Klipsch rb-25's for $120 on craigslist. the guy also threw in what he called a glitchy/broken yamaha rx-596 and a bunch of cables. I basically scored a pretty good lot of equipment for what im considering dirt cheap. I tested my turntable with the yamaha receiver. while i didnt expect much because of the broken receiver, it still functioned enough for me to tell that it was virtually humless because it was grounded to the receiver which had a specific spot for it.

This is where im at now, I have a receiver that is not meant for a turntable and has a constant hum because it is constantly failing to be grounded wherever I put the wire (not to mention it doesn’t have a phono section), and I have a broken receiver that is meant for my turntable with a proper place to ground, but it wont put through anything but a distorted, choppy noise. Its like listening to the radio when it has a poor signal. the speakers sound great with my lg surround sound so i know its definitely a receiver issue.

I have been trying to research what the issue could be but have not come up with anything yet? Any advice on where to start? I would prefer to fix it myself if it could be done. If I have to take it to an expert to fix it, how much do you think it could cost? Would I be better off scrapping it and investing in a newer one? I haven’t invested any money into this receiver yet so I would prefer to fix it if its cheaper than a new one.

Every bit of help is appreciated! Thanks all!
 
problem solved. turns out the issue i was having was the same one being discussed in the link i posted above. while the grounding from the turntable was still an issue, i decided to open it up again and take one last jab at soldering a speaker wire on to a metal area where the rca wire continues on the opposite side of the rca input. bada bing. if i had solved 50% of the hum issues by soldering the wire on to the tip of the rca cord that i was plugging into the TT, i was now at 85-90% solved by simply soldering the wire in a better place. the hum only gets noticeable if i turn it waaaaayyyy up. now i have James Taylor singing humless melodies, i feel like a macho man for fixing it myself, and my girlfriend is pretty stoked about it as well. I'll likely trade in my lg and newly working RCA receiver for something better when i find one to my satisfaction.

im wondering if people would recommend using a receiver with a good phono connection or since i already have a preamp, a new receiver with hdmi outputs (which is what im leaning to). any advice is appreciated but im sure plenty of research will help me make up my mind.

once again, thank you to everyone who has helped me figure out these audio problems and helping me get to the place of listening to music the way it should be heard.
 
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