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    Question Static electricity? Crackling sound when raising lever after playing record

    Update; I lowered the lever, shut off the turntable and left it for over one hour. Without turning the TT on, I raised the lever and the sound was there as well. The same as after spinning a record. I made a photo of my cueing lever. The 2 parts connecting to eachother are metal. Maybe the...
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    Question Static electricity? Crackling sound when raising lever after playing record

    I have active speakers. They are connected to the turntable with a ground cable. Checked it and it’s secured. Argon Audio says it’s the dampening fluid, but I’m not sure. I can only hear the short crackling sound after playing a record. With all the records I have it’s the same. When the TT...
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    Question Static electricity? Crackling sound when raising lever after playing record

    Yes and it’s turned off cause my speakers have builtin amp
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    Question Static electricity? Crackling sound when raising lever after playing record

    I have the Argon Audio TT4 Mk2 for a month now. It's a fantastic player! Today I suddenly noticed that when I use the cueing lever to raise the tonearm, I hear a crackling sound that sounds like static electricity. The turntable is grounded; the wire for that is connected to the speaker, which...