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RE: Power Conditioning Question Concerning Grounding

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In Reply to: RE: Power Conditioning Question Concerning Grounding posted by O'Shag on September 11, 2009 at 15:37:21

Yikes! Don't assume that because it is wrong and absolutely don't connect the neutral to the ground. While neutral is "the same" as ground because there's no voltage on it - it should never be used for ground. The neutral is the return current path of the juice. Ground is exactly that - something tied to a ground stake, water pipe (that eventually is in the ground) etc.
I would raise holy hell with your apartment people and get them to get an electrician in there that can run a proper ground.

They may tell you the building isn't setup for that - and that's OK as many older building never had grounded receptacles, but then they should have used two-prong outlets. In any case, either leave it alone or get someone professional to fix it, but do not tie the neutral to the ground.

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RE: Power Conditioning Question Concerning Grounding - O'Shag 12:27:07 09/13/09 (2)
Hi Paul,

Thanks much for your valuable advice. I'll do as you suggest, and ask the apartment people to intall a ground wire (maybe I can talk them into a 20 amp dedicated circuit :-) I'm very interested in the PS audio powerplant technology. In terms of sound quality, does Power Regeneration technology offer advantages over balanced conditioning? For my arrangement (apartment living for now) I believe that power conditioning is a must, and I can easily hear the difference that cleaning up noise brings. Although, to be honest, no power conditioning I've tried has been perfect. The Cinepro does some impotant things exceedingly well, but if I am to criticise anything, I perceive a slight lessening of dynamics (robs the music of a little energy in absolute terms) - where leading edge definition sometimes sounds just a wee bit muffled. Were it not to do so remarkably well in other respects, I wouldn't use it in the system as dynamics, leading edge definition and absolute clarity are really important to me. Thanks again for taking the time to respond - it really is very decent of you.

Cheers Mate

O'Shag
- RE: Power Conditioning Question Concerning Grounding - PaulMC 05:42:24 09/14/09 (1)
  You are welcome. The Cinepro is a well made isolation transformer and as such will give you good results although you will suffer loss of dynamics and slam, plus a little increase in noise harmonics as you've noticed. The Power Plant is exactly the opposite - because it actually has lower output impedance than what comes out of the wall socket and stores energy available for slam and increased dynamics, you'll find that it is what you're looking for.
  
  Have fun!
  - RE: Power Conditioning Question Concerning Grounding - O'Shag 20:22:48 09/18/09 (0)
    Thanks Paul,
    
    I will consider the latest generation powerplant, and review the technical data on the PS Audio site.

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