dedicated lines. what goes where?


Hi. I am finishing my installation of 4 dedicated lines. There are two dedicated grounds for these lines
My rig includes:
spectral monoblocks and preamp
theta transport and Dac
sigtech "equalizer"
MIT power conditioner
My plan is to put the monblocks and the preamp circuits to one ground and keep the digital stuff on their own grounds (all grounds are supplemental to the main box anyway)
Does this sound right? Or should I bit the bullet and drive a couple of more grounds...it seems like quite a bit already
Thanks
jerry
jdwek

Showing 3 responses by ozfly

I'm doing some research on this topic and would like to recommend the following previous posts:
The Big Four (in no order):
1) Advice on installing dedicated outlets Jazz_nut 9-17-01
2) Dedicated curcuit question???? Krelldog 2-24-02
3) How many dedicated lines? Macm 5-31-01
4) Advice- wiring for decidated sound room Audioken 5-28-01
Other very good ones (in no order):
1) Dedicated Circuit wire alternatives? Leoturetsky 4-11-02
2) Star Grounding Gladstone 6-1-01
3) Dedicated line vs. power conditioner Macm 5-2-01
4) URGENT HELP: Wire for dedicated lines??? Worldcup86 1-10-02
5) Isolated Ground electrical outlents??? Weiserb 3-10-02
6) Reference Ground Set-up? Fatparrot 1-20-02
7) How's to ground for the dedicated line? Worldcup86 12-28-01
8) Dedicated power circuit Joeldoss 4-14-01

That's my "dirty dozen" -- sorry if I may have missed some other really good ones. These should answer most of your questions. Note -- the first thread referenced 74 other posts of interest (I did not check these out, but Bob Bundus is one of the "guru's" in this area). Hope that helps. I don't have anything to add above what is in those posts.
Remember ... Think with your ears!
Piezo -- you'll get a lot of agreement about that. In one of the threads, Albert Porter (and others) talk about a "preferential ground" which ties the outlets first to a new ground rod and then to the whole-house ground (if I read this right). That sounds good to me and I will be going that route for my new house, and maybe the transformers, pending further research.
Jdwek, the reason I referenced all these threads is that there is a lot of discussion about what to plug in where. Generally, power amps each get their own and then separate the digital stuff from the pre-amp and other analog (if there are 5 lines, TV to the fifth). As usual, experimentation is the key.