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Gutwire Perfect Grounding Cable

Haven't tried grounding boxes (e.g.,Entreq) because of their cost, but the Blue Moon award (Six Moons) winning Gutwire Perfect Ground cable at under $300 (see Gutwire's website) is worth trying.

The cable's single rca plug is connected to an unused input on my Pathos TT integrated and the AC connector is plugged into an unused wall socket. It isn't broken in yet, but there is an immediate improvement (reduction of the noise floor, etc.) consistent with the review.

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ghosthouse
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@randy-11
Gutwire's explanation from the 6 Moons review (see link here)...

http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews2/gutwire/1.html

"Q: How does your grounding cable work and why is it necessary?
A: Our ground cable provides the shortest path to ground from the circuit board. Why do you need extra grounding when the ground already exists between your equipment and the wall? If you open up the chassis of any equipment, you'll notice that the circuit board ground may not be directly connected to the ground of the IEC inlet. Our ground cable directly grounds circuit board to earth ground. It drains away any noise the circuit board may have."

Just passing along the info.  Don't take this as representing any sort of O-pinion pro or con.

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ghosthouse
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r-11
Contribution of an audible and beneficial effect by way of shorter path to ground does seem unlikely. Appears to be something (easily?) tried out via DIY. I’m guessing only the ground pin of the AC plug is connected and that to the negative/ground lead of the RCA plug. Can’t imagine applying AC power to a component through an RCA jack and not doing some damage.  But then again, I'm no EE.
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