Isolated Ground electrical outlets ???


I was told that it's the ground that carries the noise. ,and the best thing to do is to run a seperate ground to an isolated ground outlet for your audio system.

Is there any benefit to using an isolated ground outlet in a regular box and how would it work Thanks!
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I have an isolated (separate) grounding system for my five dedicated outlets. It consists of three 6 ft. copper rods driven into the ground in a triangular pattern, and it's within 10 ft. of the outlets. I had the electricians install this as part of the dedicated "package" and so the extra cost wasn't much. It's connected to my dedicated sub-main panel with 8-10 gauge braided copper wire.

So, how does it work? I've disconnected the dedicated ground wire on a couple of occasions and could hear no difference in music quality/character. Still, for the small cost I don't mind having it there, and by doing it I found out that the main ground must be effective. Good Luck and Cheers. Craig