Entreq and Innuos?

Well, we had already talked about using grounding devices like the Nordost QCore.  He said he these have definitely made positive differences in people’s systems.  My issue with that approach is that I think it only makes sense if you don’t use a conditioner of any kind.  Otherwise you end up with distributors plugged into distributors (as the QCore is a distributor).

Also I don’t want to bug the guy too much, he’s got a company to run!  
 

As an aside I did just now try connecting a 14AWG wire between my Torus and my Gryphon amp, meaning all grounds should be bonded and common.  The negative effects of the PhoenixUSB plugged into the Torus still persisted.  That aside, I am not quite sure if I detected the slightest improvement with grit and firmness of the sound.  Could be my imagination, but I will leave the ground connection in place!

So I think my only hope is that the Pulsar demo that is incoming for some reason doesn’t have the same behaviour when connected to the Torus.  Otherwise I’ll be sticking with my current setup with the PhoenixUSB connected to the wall, which frankly I can happily live with.

I have all my gear going into the wall. With LessLoss Fire Wire 640X on each component. Except for my X200.  

@nyev Now that the Xmas break is over, I'm looking at this again.  

Russ Andrews offers a very affordable grounding solution.  Details are here.

I'll give it a go, starting off with the casework of my three Innuos and Hegel boxes.  As far as I can tell the casework screws on the Phoenix are already grounded, so assume the entire case is.  However, running a continuity test across the USB sockets' earth pins and the IEC earth pin produces a fail. The Zenith is grounded via the USB/Ethernet socket casings, plus the screw top centre at the case's rear.

Compare that to my Hegel H390, the continuity test passes when testing across the IEC earth pin and the outer casings of the BNC and RCA sockets, as well as the earth pin of the XLRs.

It's interesting that Russ Andrews advocates wiring his grounding box to a copper spike stuck in the ground. This is legal here in the UK. Obviously, it's not an alternative to the safety earthing of the system, which will remain in place.

@ozzy I've just noticed your mention of the Russ Andrews unit.  I have the RF Router mk2 on order, plus cabling.

Can I ask if you're using the basic cabling, or the Technical Ground Weave?  Also, have you connected the output cable to the mains earth, or an external ground rod?

Thanks very much.

I am using the Rus Andrews plug in router which uses the AC ground. I am using my own cabling.

ozzy