JohnMichael
Super Member
My biggest surprise has been removing a power strip with filtering, surge protection and on/off switches. After reading in Stereophile Art Dudley's tips for better sound I bought the Wiremold L10320 which is a 15 amp power strip. This strip has nothing but outlets for components. The idea is to have a common ground for your components. I thought about it for awhile and decided to try it. While I was waiting for delivery I began to think that not all my components are grounded so buyers remorse was setting in and I thought about cancelling the order. It arrived and I plugged all my components into it. In the past I had the Krell plugged directly into a wall outlet and My Sony ES SACD player plugged into an outlet at the other side of the room. I had another SACD player along with my phono TTPSU and phono preamp plugged into a small power strip. So I combined everything into this 15amp strip with the Krell closest to the cord entering the power strip followed by the SACD.s and then the phono components.
Time to turn everything on and give a listen. Wow everything was sounding better. I could hear a singers tongue touch the roof of her mouth during certain notes. Timing has improved in that music makes more sense. I am not sure if it was common ground and less distortion or having all components receiving power in the same way. The sound was sweeter but not in a coloration sense but in a natural sense. Soundstaging was more solid and more space between instruments. Greater detail along with greater detail without any brightness added. As a matter of fact the Focal inverted domes are smoother than they had been. Overall a great improvement for about $90.
Time to turn everything on and give a listen. Wow everything was sounding better. I could hear a singers tongue touch the roof of her mouth during certain notes. Timing has improved in that music makes more sense. I am not sure if it was common ground and less distortion or having all components receiving power in the same way. The sound was sweeter but not in a coloration sense but in a natural sense. Soundstaging was more solid and more space between instruments. Greater detail along with greater detail without any brightness added. As a matter of fact the Focal inverted domes are smoother than they had been. Overall a great improvement for about $90.