Grounding My Equipment


Can I run ground wires from my amp and cd player to the phono ground post on my preamp (to which I've already attached the ground wire from my phono) without creating problems or risking damage to my equipment? I get a hum in my phono stage when my cd player is on (but no hum when cd player off). All equipment is plugged into a Panamax 1000 (could this be the problem -- I don't believe the Panamax plugs are "isolated" like the plugs on other ac blocks?). Thanks for any thoughts/comments.
vtl

Showing 1 response by aball

Actually american liability concerns keep floating grounds from being a reality. Some european companies firmly believe this is the only way to do it, like Goldmund and the like.
Try plugging items in different outlets. My ground noise disappeared when I plugged my CDP into my preamp instead of the outlet. You just have to play around basically - dumb luck is mostly what you need! Arthur