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Originally Posted by Rutgar
Oh yeah, that's persuasive, and furthers your point. I noticed you didn't address the fact that many high-end power cords have removable ground pins to squelch ground loops. I also notice you didn't offer any real suggestions as to how to remove the buzzing without lifting the ground. The one article that talks about an alternate way refers only to "balanced" interconnects. Something my Classe' SSP-30 MKII does not have. One of the other articles you pointed to talks about "polarized" plugs. Which I agree is VERY DANGEROUS to invert when trying to eliminate buzz. But has nothing to do with lifting ground pins. Again, I've done it for years and I've NEVER seen nor heard of a problem. Is it my first choice? No. If I can find another way of getting rid of the buzz I will. If not, THE GROUND PIN IS GONE BABY! |
I offered you 2 solutions in my post. Reread it. Check this site from RANE, scroll down til you get to Ground, there you will find many useful links to help you, and another note about how dangerous its is.
http://rane.com/par-g.html
I will say this, I do audio for a living and have done so for the last 15 years, what you are doing is dangerous, there is no ifs ands or buts about it. It is stupid, dumb, idiotic, dangerous and deadly. Continue to do it if you wish, but do not call it nonsense as others may follow your lead and DIE. It is electricity it kills and hurts I have seen it happen.
As for your situation there is something wrong with your house AC ground it seems, if you are not qualified to check it out have someone do it for you that is. I personally have never seen a so called hi end power cord with removable pins, they must exist as you point them out. I would like to see one of these myself.
Your right you could lift the AC on all your gear but one piece and be safe, as long as all your interconnects carried pin 1, BUT if one of those would ever get cut or worn thru then you have a dangerous situation.
There are other reasons and ways to fix this properly. I am not there with you so I cant completely tech your system, but we have given you advice. You will notice Doyle said the AC lift is not a good idea just a way to help tech the problem out.
And did you even see this from the Sound and Video contractor article?"If a short develops in a "ground lifted" piece of equipment, the audio or video cables that interconnect equipment will carry lethal voltages throughout the system and/or start a fire. Never defeat the function of the third prong on any equipment's AC plug. It is both illegal and very dangerous."
Your right its all nonsense.
But hey you do what you want.