Humming noise/ feedback

On the STR8-150s there is no seperate grounding cable, as the decks have been redesigned from the ground up not to need this antiquated piece of hardware. There is a ground lift switch beside the power button on the underside that selects whether ground lift is present or not, depending on your power set up. If you have clean power with a good ground (3 pin style socket), make sure this is in the on position. Next, make sure that as much as possible your rca cables do not run parallel to the power cord from any device. This can cause ground hum on any set up, even one where you have a seperate groud lift cable. Consider buying some premium RCA cables with good shielding, and checking your power supply.

Also, if you are willing to use the line output level instead of phono, you can likely get rid of this hum altogether as line impedance levels are not as subject to ground loop hum as old style phono impedance.

The issue is not with the turntable per sey, it is in the wiring. That;'s the source of ground hum.

If you have really, really dirty power, some success can be had by independently grounding the tone arm, but that's a stopgap solution. Really, you should probably invest in a cheap UPS to protect your gear from power spikes and dirty power. On the STR8-150s there is no seperate grounding cable, as the decks have been redesigned from the ground up not to need this antiquated piece of hardware. There is a ground lift switch beside the power button on the underside that selects whether ground lift is present or not, depending on your power set up. If you have clean power with a good ground (3 pin style socket), make sure this is in the on position. Next, make sure that as much as possible your rca cables do not run parallel to the power cord from any device. This can cause ground hum on any set up, even one where you have a seperate groud lift cable. Consider buying some premium RCA cables with good shielding, and checking your power supply. Also, if you are willing to use the line output level instead of phono, you can likely get rid of this hum altogether as line impedance levels are not as subject to ground loop hum as old style phono impedance. The issue is not with the turntable per sey, it is in the wiring. That;'s the source of ground hum. If you have really, really dirty power, some success can be had by independently grounding the tone arm, but that's a stopgap solution. Really, you should probably invest in a cheap UPS to protect your gear from power spikes and dirty power.