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    Balanced tonearm cable

    I believe I will need to lead the ground cable from the tonearm seperately to the ground connector of the Eleac phono preamp?
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    Balanced tonearm cable

    I have had the same problem with a Jelco JAC-506 balanced cable. I did not check the internal wiring of that cable unfortunately. It's been a year ago
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    Balanced tonearm cable

    I have opened the damaged cable and I believe it is the copper that they have soldered on the pin 1 of both xlr3pins. I will try to make a picture later
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    Balanced tonearm cable

    Pin 1 is the ground cable on both xlr3pins
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    Balanced tonearm cable

    I got a Pro-ject X8 Evo SuperPack Quintet Blue turntable. It's still in factory mode (I haven't changed anything yet). I had a closer look on the din 5p connector and it seems the wiring is ok. The ground wires are connected to the middle pin. Do I have to detach the tonearm to see how the...
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    Balanced tonearm cable

    I have bought a new Pro-ject balanced cable. It seems to be fixed (both channels are working). But there's still a buzzing sound even when the tonearm and needle aren't not on the record. Might this be a ground loop problem?
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    Balanced tonearm cable

    Thanks. I opened the din 5p and it seems some wires are disconnected! I will have to solder them. It won't be easy because the din 5p connectors are tiny. But at least I have found the cause.
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    Balanced tonearm cable

    I can see that ground wire is soldered to pin 1 of both xlr connectors.
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    Balanced tonearm cable

    I have turntable with a tonearm that has a 5pin din output. I own an Eleac Alchemy PPA2 phono preamp that has a balanced input. Unfortunately, there is no sound coming through the Right channel. I asked for support at Eleac. They told me to bridge pin 1 (ground wire) and pin 3 (negative) of...

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