Dogpile, It is my understanding that it is common among shielded interconnects to connect the shield to the negative wire, which can cause a ground loop since the negative wire often does double duty as the ground.
If in the Triplanar, if the shield and the tonearm are connected to the ground wire which is in turn connected to a grounding post that is out of the signal path, then I don't think such an arrangement would contribute to a ground loop and would be superior to affixing the shield to the negative wire in the interconnect.
If the grounding post is connected to the negative wire somewhere in the circuit downstream, then such a configuration could contribute to a ground loop.
I think this is arguably an advantage of xlr interconnects in that the shield is never connected to the negative wire and the ground is altogether out of the circuit.
This is my beginner understanding of grounding topology. Perhaps Ralph or somebody with more grounding understanding will jump in here.
Jeff
If in the Triplanar, if the shield and the tonearm are connected to the ground wire which is in turn connected to a grounding post that is out of the signal path, then I don't think such an arrangement would contribute to a ground loop and would be superior to affixing the shield to the negative wire in the interconnect.
If the grounding post is connected to the negative wire somewhere in the circuit downstream, then such a configuration could contribute to a ground loop.
I think this is arguably an advantage of xlr interconnects in that the shield is never connected to the negative wire and the ground is altogether out of the circuit.
This is my beginner understanding of grounding topology. Perhaps Ralph or somebody with more grounding understanding will jump in here.
Jeff