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Affordable Grounding
ALL, Disconnected my dedicated ground rod and do not hear a difference.  I installed that rod some years ago and had different audio gear.  Maybe at that time I thought there was a difference?  Any hoo, Thanks for all the help. Lawrence From Mic... 
Affordable Grounding
Now I feel a bit awkward.  I DO have an old ground outside the house. I forgot I had a Signal Generator from my telcom. days.  Hooked that up and lo and behold!!  A ground wire.  This wire I thought was an old coax cable turned out to be ground w... 
Affordable Grounding
  Now I feel a bit awkward.  I DO have an old ground outside the house. I forgot I had a Signal Generator from my telcom. days.  Hooked that up and lo and behold!!  A ground wire.  This wire I thought was an old coax cable turned out to be groun... 
Affordable Grounding
Whew!!  A Lot of info here.  Thanks Jim. My Rental has it's own drop from a pole on a side road, fed to an old panel that uses the round screw-in glass fuses, in the house.  Of course a meter is mounted directly on outside wall first.   I know w... 
Affordable Grounding
No offense taken Jim.  I used that term.  Just having fun with this thread.   But also trying to learn something new. Is there a way to check for the ground on the water pipe without physically looking at it?  
Affordable Grounding
Jim,  This house was not built with an access to the crawl space, where the water supply comes up from underground.  This house is a rental, in the back yard of the main house.  My water comes from a buried steel line from the main house in their ... 
Affordable Grounding
Michigan  -  Minnesota   Eh?  What's the diff..   
Affordable Grounding
Ha! Ha!  Just got home.  I am happy.  Happy as a Hermit!!  I do have a multimeter.  Too tired for now. Will update later. Lawrence From Michigan  
Affordable Grounding
Jim, Thanks for the advice> I am not an electrician.  This structure is resting on blocks and has no foundation.  Small crawl space and yes, it is possible the ground is on the steel water pipe.  All wood construction.  Two 20 amp circuits. "L... 
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 I guess I'm just an ignorant old man.    
Affordable Grounding
I left much unsaid about my situation.  The home I have been living in for the last 28 years is a small cottage type structure, 20'x20' built in 1960.  The builders were NOT professional contractors by any means.  Nothing was built to current code... 
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Coincident Audio from Canada.  Surprised not mentioned.  
First impressions: Silversmith Fidelium interconnects
Any info. on "RCA" cables in the future?  I've been using his speaker cables for a few years.  Sound is great but functionality is awful.  In other words, hard to connect to terminals.  My Pass Labs amp, using Furutech binding posts, would not ac... 
Affordable Grounding
Yes.  Best results(for me) was installing a ground rod just outside the wall, running CU cable through wall to my dedicated AC outlet(hospital Grade) ground connection,  then ALL AC power to my system plugged in to that receptacle.  
If Steely Dan had a different vocalist
Well, how about that!  Like the others, never heard about them.  Add a wee bit of old Chicago into it also.