Shunyata Grounding System

mallen123 said:
I was told by Grant that if my Amps were plugged in to my Triton 3, then there is no point connecting their ground lugs to the CGS system. I tried it anyway and didnt hear any difference.
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I wonder why he would say that. Is it okay to ground the preamp, or other gear attached to the Triton?
 
BlueFox said:
I wonder why he would say that. Is it okay to ground the preamp, or other gear attached to the Triton?
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It's been a while, but i believe he explained to me that if the equipment was plugged in the Triton with a 3 prong plug, it was already grounded to the CGS buss. CGS was for equipment not plugged in to the Triton directly to get them on the same ground plane.
 
That's right. But then some Triton owners jump on here and say they connect whatever which is powered by the Triton to the CGS also and they report it sounds better.
 
brodricj said:
That's right. But then some Triton owners jump on here and say they connect whatever which is powered by the Triton to the CGS also and they report it sounds better.
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Yes - I've seen those comments as well. Maybe their equipment chassis' are not well grounded to their power cord, so connecting them to the CGS lowers their noise floor a bit more?
 
May I point everyone to the Chassis Ground System guide (CGS) from Shynyata that you can download here: Downloads - Shunyata Research

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If a component’s power cord is connected to the Everest — do I need to run a ground wire to
the CGS?

If a component is connected to the Everest with a power cord where the ground wire and AC plug
pin are functional, the chassis of the component will be connected to the internal grounding system
of the Everest through the power cord. You do not need to make another connection to the CGS
terminal.

However, some components may benefit from an additional chassis connection, especially
if you are using common stock power cords.

Try it and see if performance is improved.

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Which to me means that if you already have the Everest (or any power distributor with CGS terminals), there is no harm in trying (you already have the Everest, no extra money to spend for trying, especially with cheap ground wires you can get from anywhere, just to try, before committing money for Shunyata own ground cables)
 
thyname said:
May I point everyone to the Chassis Ground System guide (CGS) from Shynyata that you can download here: Downloads - Shunyata Research

Copy / paste:

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If a component’s power cord is connected to the Everest — do I need to run a ground wire to
the CGS?

If a component is connected to the Everest with a power cord where the ground wire and AC plug
pin are functional, the chassis of the component will be connected to the internal grounding system
of the Everest through the power cord. You do not need to make another connection to the CGS
terminal.

However, some components may benefit from an additional chassis connection, especially
if you are using common stock power cords.

Try it and see if performance is improved.

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Which to me means that if you already have the Everest (or any power distributor with CGS terminals), there is no harm in trying (you already have the Everest, no extra money to spend for trying, especially with cheap ground wires you can get from anywhere, just to try, before committing money for Shunyata own ground cables)
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Yep
 
I think everyone got it now.
Everything that goes from signal (RCA, USB etc) ground are used with 3:rd party ground boxes like NO or Entreq.

Chassi ground goes to the Everest/Denali/Triton CGS binding posts.

I use Nordost for signal ground and Shunyata for chassi ground connections. Both are beneficial to the sound.
 
Check out Shunyata website and latest price list. I think we should see signal side solution sooner than later from Shunyata
 
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