Black Turntable plug-in ground wire for Technics （SL-DD22, SL-DD33, SL-J11, SL-J300, SL-J33, SL-L2, SL-L20, SL-L24, SL-L25, SL-L26, SL-QD22, and many more… .） Please read description

Read in entirety: I purchased a Technic turntable, old-school, have a complete zone home ent. system, using sonos as well as wired speakers with the HTD control module and amp. I hooked up this system myself, I am very tech savvy, takes alot to stump me...Now that that's out of the way.The turntable I purchased used is a mid to high grade Technic, came with a Pyle preamp that had no ground, turntable did not come with ground wire either, this is important, noted later.I initially connected the turntable to the preamp "in" that I had with no ground connection, then connected the preamp "out" to my receiver "in", then receiver "out" to my controller "in", no sound and loud annoying hum. I then tried to connect the preamp "out" to my sonos connect "line in" bypassing the receiver, same results, then tried connecting directly to my controller, same results.Researched, completely baffled, did I lose my techi touch? Scratching head, discouraged, defeated? Not on your life!I ordered a factory ground wire for my turntable and a preamp with the ground connection, then...I started all over again preforming the same connections as before but with the turntable ground wire connected, initial loud hum happened, then went away and had dead silence. Scratching head again.NOTE TO THOSE CONNECTING TO RECEIVER OR OTHER THAN AN IN WALL HOME SYSTEM... the most important thing to know, if you connect a preamp and put it too close to an amplifier or other high electric output it will still hum, this needs to be seperated a little bit, keep reading.My final setup is removing my receiver altogether, turntable to "in" on preamp, preamp "out" to sonos connect "in", sonos is connected to controller, ground wire connected to turntable and preamp. Placed preamp next to turntable on shelf above controller and amplifier, only about 6 to 8 inches apart but shelf appears to add a buffer. Everything on, no hum, but no sound. Tilting head questioning again, more googling.For my system, my controller controls the volume up and down not the music source, I had to put the sonos sound level for the line in to 10, auto delay to medium, autoplay on to include grouped rooms but turned off autoplay volume, this makes it so music will start once the needle hits the vinyl, line out level is pass through because I have a controller, and wala, sound. Now it will play on my sonos without me using my HTD controller but it won't hit my wired speakers in group until I turn that on but when I do it all works.IMPORTANT GROUND WIRE and PREAMP NOTE... If you have a turntable that has a built in preamp you should not need a preamp, read up on your system as some newer ones have one built in and it's a matter of flipping a switch on the turntable. If you have an old school turntable you are trying to connect to newer technology you most likely will need a preamp, unless you are connecting to a receiver with a phono port, but could still need one, AND the ground wire as well, the ground wire helps to disperse the bad waves to a non audible source and keeps the good sound going where it should, to simplify the why, if you do not ground your turntable you could still have a hum.Some turntables have a ground screw or plug in connection located where the red and white are plugged in, some ground points are on the under bottom of the turntable, I've seen some where you have to open the turntable to get to it, research your turntable if it has a ground point, if it does anywhere and you still have a hum, connect a ground and place the preamp away from high electric output sources.Enjoy your tunes.Good luck!

When I first connected I heard hum on my SONY STR-DE845 receiver with built-in phono preamp. Got around to using a Pyle phono preamp that I used on a Yamaha RXV367 and connecting it to Video 2 analog input. Issue resolved! Must be a short in the SONY. Shipped in timely manner and well packaged.

It is easy to install and somehow reduced the humming noise.

Awesome

I have needed one of these for year, but have been putting it off because I don’t listen to records all that much. It was worth the $10, night and day difference.

This thing is a piece of junk. It doesn't stay in the plug in my turntable. In fact, it came out while I played my turntable loud and by it not being grounded properly it created feedback and caused the crossovers in my speakers to go bad so now I have to get them fixed.

I have a very old Technics turntable that lacked a grounding cable. So I spent a few bucks for this EXACT replacement, reading the model number with extreme care. I was disappointed to discover that no amount of effort would keep the female receptacle of this cable on the tiny male pole on the turntable's back. And NO, I did NOT order the wrong connector. I've been a professional audio engineer for over 50 years, so I know what I'm doing. This cable simply will not stay where it belongs. Period. At least I'm not out much money, and may not bother for a refund, but this is garbage.

Does not fit the Linear Tracking table Technics SL-L2 as advertised. Leaving 3 stars because they do warn you to not buy if your ground plug does not match the picture but this turntable should be removed from the description.