tourmaline
Headphoneus Supremus
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Just try it out yourself. If you don't wanna waste money or expensive cables, buy cheap cables first and 2 plugs, make one with earthwire and one without or remove the earthwire later on and hear for yourself. Big chance you won't use the earth wire again!
| Originally Posted by tin ears /img/forum/go_quote.gif And another thing, if it were truly important to ground the metal case to prevent a shock from touching the case, the case would be made from a non-conductive material like plastic or wood and not metal, therebye eliminating this possibility altogether. Tourmaline, I'm thinking you are on to something here. My headphone amp has a 2 amp fast blow fuse. My Cd player has multiple fuses. Another recent, questionable addition to audio components is the detachable power cord itself. All six of the late 80's early 90's power cords were hardwired lamp cord. Not one had a detacheable power cord. |
Just try it out yourself. If you don't wanna waste money or expensive cables, buy cheap cables first and 2 plugs, make one with earthwire and one without or remove the earthwire later on and hear for yourself. Big chance you won't use the earth wire again!
