Eliminating humming & buzzing



What is the best way to have a clean sound? When I hook
up the grounding connector from my turntable, it reduces
about 95% of the humming/buzzing; but not all of it. The
noise is still there even if I unplug the power from the
table.

Is this simply a grounding problem, or is there something
more that I need to do? The table is hooked up to a
receiver which is not at all grounded; I just connect the
table ground to the ground in my power strip. Kind of
primitive, I realize, which is why I'm asking here.

Thanks!
Mark
pyite

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Thank you for all of your excellent suggestions. Luckily,
I found an inexpensive solution.

My receiver doesn't have a phono input, so I had a $75
phono -> line converter, which had a regular 110 plug. I
happened to have a $25 Radio Shack 9v battery powered
converter, which causes no noise whatsoever!

The proper solution, of course, will be to go and spend a
few thousand on amps & preamps and rewiring the whole house
electric system. Until then, I am able to enjoy hum-free
music.

BTW, is a "phono stage" the proper term for this thing? Is
there an Audiogon glossary page?

Thanks again,
Mark