Grounding gear together.
BlueFox
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The Shunyata Triton v2 power conditioner provides grounding terminals to attach the chassis ground of components to it. I have had the source (Lumin and Pass pre) attached to it for a few months, with positive results. However, this gear is also plugged into the Triton, but the ground cables did lower the noise a notch, and open up the details.
On the other hand, each amp is on a separate, private circuit, so I have been very hesitant to ground them to the Triton since the source gear is on another circuit, and I was apprehensive I might create a ground loop. Anyway, tonight I finally grounded both amps to the Triton, and it is great. At first, I just turned up the volume with no inputs and there was zilch for noise. Now I am listening to music, and am very happy. For the cost of spades, and using old 10 gauge speaker wire, I appear to have lowered the noise floor even more, and extracted more low level detail. Since I do not keep detailed notes as DK, I admit I might be wrong, but still I am laughing with pleasure at the result.
On the other hand, each amp is on a separate, private circuit, so I have been very hesitant to ground them to the Triton since the source gear is on another circuit, and I was apprehensive I might create a ground loop. Anyway, tonight I finally grounded both amps to the Triton, and it is great. At first, I just turned up the volume with no inputs and there was zilch for noise. Now I am listening to music, and am very happy. For the cost of spades, and using old 10 gauge speaker wire, I appear to have lowered the noise floor even more, and extracted more low level detail. Since I do not keep detailed notes as DK, I admit I might be wrong, but still I am laughing with pleasure at the result.
Lumin X1 file player, Westminster Labs interconnect cable
Sony XA-5400ES SACD; Pass XP-22 pre; X600.5 amps
Magico S5 MKII Mcast Rose speakers; SPOD spikes
Shunyata Triton v3/Typhon QR on source, Denali 2000 (2) on amps
Shunyata Sigma XLR analog ICs, Sigma speaker cables
Shunyata Sigma HC (2), Sigma Analog, Sigma Digital, Z Anaconda (3) power cables
Mapleshade Samson V.3 four shelf solid maple rack, Micropoint brass footers
Three 20 amp circuits.
Sony XA-5400ES SACD; Pass XP-22 pre; X600.5 amps
Magico S5 MKII Mcast Rose speakers; SPOD spikes
Shunyata Triton v3/Typhon QR on source, Denali 2000 (2) on amps
Shunyata Sigma XLR analog ICs, Sigma speaker cables
Shunyata Sigma HC (2), Sigma Analog, Sigma Digital, Z Anaconda (3) power cables
Mapleshade Samson V.3 four shelf solid maple rack, Micropoint brass footers
Three 20 amp circuits.
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Cool man, sometimes old school is the best school, keep on rockin' ....HT SYSTEM-
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