It’s safe.
Now, there are two complications:
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Now, there are two complications:
- as noted you could create a ground loop, but from your report of improved sound, you didn’t, so don;t worry about it.
- Safety, and effectiveness, depend on how your component is grounded internally. The outside RCA connector is signal ground, for sure. But signal ground and chassis/safety ground may or may not be the same.
- they may be connected internally
- they may be independent internally
- there may be a switch (many of my designs had one to eliminate ground loops)
- They may be connected via a resistor, sometimes around 1-meg-ohm
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