Removing the ground on PC?

I have read somewhere that my Wadia 302 is known for this and is actually suppled with a 2 pronged plug (without ground pin). I can't say for sure since I bought my unit on the 2nd hand market, the cord supplied wasn't the original...perhaps I'll send an email to Wadia. I have had 4 or 5 other CD players on the is receptacle and no problems til now.

My meridian has the same problem and lifting the ground resolved it. I have a fusion audio impulse power cord and Eric lifted the ground at no charge (just shipping). The other option would be power conditioning where an outlet or 2 are on an internal isolation transformer.

I would NOT remove the ground from the outlet.

My Wadia 302 has a tendency to cause hum in some set ups - I just cut the ground prong off a PC to cure it. Don't need the add on 'cheater plug' and you get a much more secure connection.

FWIW, it came with a standard 3 prong plug and the manual sez nothing about what to do if you hear a hum.

I'm very surprised and bothered by the sheer number of people who disconnect/remove the earth from their PC to solve a hum or noise issue. That earth connection is there for a very good reason - to stop people dying from mains voltage shocks in the event of a component failure.

There are times when the quickest and cheapest solution to a problem is not the smartest, and this is one of them.

Quite frankly, in this day and age of modern high end gear, I'd take an amp/source component straight back to the dealer for a refund if it 'hummed', or have my house wiring checked out, not start stuffing around with mains voltages and risk a live chassis.

Carl109: I agree wholeheartedly. What further amazes me is that audiofiles will go to great lengths and expense to add 'tweaks' to their systems (most of which are meaningless) propose theories that audio equipment and music are too complex for even the most modern scientific instruments to measure, attempt to discuss subatomic particles and the philosophical aspects of current flow, but when there is a ground loop hum, what happens - "let's chop off the ground - look ma no more hum, ain't it grand".