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Loud buzz from deck, seems to be coming from RCA cable

Loud buzzing sound when deck is connected to mixer, it's worse when I touch the RCA cables with my finger and stops when I touch the grounding bolt on the mixer. any idea what is causing this buzz?

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And clean the conectors at the end of the tone arm , where you screw your cartridge in and be sure the tonearm is grounded properly.

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It seems that is bad grounding of the gear, check i everything is conected to ground. I can also be the quality of the cable, Bad cables can produce a lot of noise, try using other cables.

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