You might check out the area around the headshell on the turntable. This has usually been a sore spot on my AR-XB Turntable. Make sure it's snug. /mel Reid Vail wrote: > Sorry if this has been asked before..... > > Can anything tell me what source is for humming during LP playing? Is > it lack of grounding somewhere, or motor hum...just wondering.... > > I have a pretty generic hardware config on the stereo side...no > high-end cabling connecting turn-table to receiver (not really > possible in this situation), etc. Hadn't notice the hum before, > probably because the LPs were in such bad shape. Now I have an LP in > good condition with quieter sections, but there's this background. > > Thanks in advance > > Reid > >