tonearm cable vs regular IC + ground wire


This may be a stupid question, or not.

If running between RCA connections on both ends (turntable and phono stage), is there any benefit to a dedicated tonearm cable, with the integral groundwire, or can you just run your IC of choice and hook up some generic wire for the ground?
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Not a stupid question at all. You can use any standard RCA interconnect and a separate single wire for ground. The key is to select a well shielded set of RCA interconnects to help prevent any induced hum.
My TT's are setup this way. I use regular IC's with no ground wire. Never had any problems.
A separate ground wire is not always needed. Try it with or without and go with whichever results in less (or hopefully no) hum.