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  1. dmnc02

    Entreq Tellus grounding

    Yes, the guy who lives in the castle surrounded by 24 ground rods :)
  2. dmnc02

    Entreq Tellus grounding

    That's what Wikipedia says. How does this apply to your ground rod (which is what you wanted to measure)?
  3. dmnc02

    Entreq Tellus grounding

    Or something else altogether?
  4. dmnc02

    Ultra 6 being released

    These were announced at CES last year. Compared to the Ultra 5, they have an additional technology pocket on the bottom side (bringing the total number of pockets to 6). They need to be screwed in or used with the optional bases.
  5. dmnc02

    Entreq Tellus grounding

    So the Olympus boxes are out there. It would be nice to get some sonic comparisons to the Silver Tellus.
  6. dmnc02

    Entreq Tellus grounding

    One interesting observation (at least for me) is that 1kitch's ARC REF40 line stage is a dual-mono design very similar to my REF10, and yet he prefers using a single ground cable, while I strongly prefer using two. Individual preferences might be at play, or perhaps the cables selection is...
  7. dmnc02

    The very best DACs today...

    Aries is Latin for "ram". Cerat is probably from the Greek ????? ("horn) or ?????? ("horns").
  8. dmnc02

    Entreq Tellus grounding

    You are familiar with my system, so you can judge whether or not my statement that it did not have any spurious brightness to start with is a fair one. I also think that the review you are referring to is the one that has the comment by the Polish distributor at the end stating that the rounded...
  9. dmnc02

    Entreq Tellus grounding

    It seems to me you are still wasting your time measuring resistance (BTW, wasn't it impedance?), since you do not know if indeed there a critical level below which the Entreq won't help and, if so, what it is. In any case, my friend who has 24 ground rods has received his Silver Tellus...
  10. dmnc02

    Entreq Tellus grounding

    Entirely agreed. I do exactly the same, making full use of measurements whenever possible. Distance, rake and toe in for my speakers have been adjusted with a dedicated laser tool designed by the manufacturer, the built-in bass equalization has been set using a computer measurement system...
  11. dmnc02

    Entreq Tellus grounding

    Micro, that is an interesting quotation. I have no problem believing that there are many complex factors that affect the design of grounding schemes for modern audio equipment and that a simple measurement (such as impedance to ground) is going to be useless in assessing whether or not ground...
  12. dmnc02

    Entreq Tellus grounding

    So your logical conclusion based on your belief and on what people have been reporting should be that: (1) most components, even in the very top tier, have their signal and ground planes tied together at some point, and (2) even in systems using multiple dedicated ground rods, the ground...
  13. dmnc02

    Entreq Tellus grounding

    Dan, do you really believe that the very different (and certainly top notch) electronics used by the people who have been posting enthusiastically about the effect of the Entreq and Tripoint ground boxes here and on other forums (such as AE) suffer from poor grounding schemes, as suggested by...
  14. dmnc02

    Entreq Tellus grounding

    Maril, I have not heard the Powers or Cleanus that were the subject of the review you mention. But, as far as the Silver Tellus is concerned, in my system it did not round the attack or warm the sound or eliminate any excess brightness (which I did not have to start with). What it did in my...
  15. dmnc02

    Entreq Tellus grounding

    I believe that the Polish Entreq distributor has advised against using the somewhat compliant Lynx feet under the ground boxes.
  16. dmnc02

    Entreq Tellus grounding

    Excellent summation of the users' experience so far with the Entreq gear. And I must admit that I am curious about the big question in #7, although I am ready to bet that grounding dual-mono preamps with two runs of Atlantis to a 5-post Olympos with ultimately win the race ;) But seriously...
  17. dmnc02

    JPLAY Responds: An Open Letter

    I have never tried JRiver and JPlay, so I have no opinion as to how they sound, but I must say that, having seen the erased JRiver threads on CA, I am definitely happy that there are excellent alternatives to JRiver on the Mac.
  18. dmnc02

    Entreq Tellus grounding

    I think you are confusing "factual" with "mensural" ;)
  19. dmnc02

    What is your take on AC outlets

    It must be no coincidence that Entreq uses Furutech GTX-D outlets and wall plates in its Powerus. :)
  20. dmnc02

    Entreq Tellus grounding

    Micro, yes: some sort of ground loop is the likely explanation. The odd thing is that the noise disappears if I select the input used for grounding as the sound input to the phono stage. So at this point the logical assumption is some sort of incompatibility with the grounding approach used by...
  21. dmnc02

    Entreq Tellus grounding

    Thanks, Chris. My phono stage has two sets of inputs, each of which can be configured for low (MM) or high (MC) gain. I am getting noise when connecting the ground cables to the unused set of inputs (I only have one arm). It does not matter if I set that input for low or high gain, although...
  22. dmnc02

    Entreq Tellus grounding

    That is possible: I only had the ground cables connected for about one hour and then disconnected them when I noticed the noise issue. I will try leaving them connected overnight. Just as a check, do you have your ground cables connected to a pair of inputs or outputs on your phono stage?
  23. dmnc02

    Entreq Tellus grounding

    Unfortunately I ran into an issue trying to ground my phono stage in addition to my line stage. Although my phono and line stages are tubed, they are very quiet: with both un-muted, no vinyl playing and volume at normal listening level, I can normally hear nothing with my ears to the speakers...
  24. dmnc02

    Entreq Tellus grounding

    I compared the Atlantis cables to the Apollo cables (which only have one spade per cable) and the sonic improvement was very large in my system. Chris and Lloyd also did the same comparison with similar results.
  25. dmnc02

    Entreq Tellus grounding

    Of course you can, but I think that defeats the purpose of having two spades on the cable.
  26. dmnc02

    Entreq Tellus grounding

    Spirit, hard to guess, even though my prior would be to keep the Straingauge on its own peg. It is even possible that the best compromise would be not to ground the Cleanus to the Silver Tellus (just like Lloyd does not ground his AC wraps), rather than having the Cleanus and your CDP sharing a peg.
  27. dmnc02

    Entreq Tellus grounding

    Spirit, understood. For me it is already decided that one ground box (currently a Silver Tellus, later an Olympus once it becomes available) will be reserved for just the phono and line stages, so the only issue with the Atlantis cables is how to best connect them to the four available pegs.
  28. dmnc02

    Entreq Tellus grounding

    The problem is that doing the same with the Atlantis cables requires using all four pegs, hence my earlier question to Chris. It will be interesting to find out what works best with the Atlantis.
  29. dmnc02

    Entreq Tellus grounding

    That would be my guess too, but it is going to be a valuable confirmation/rejection as we all learn how to make the best use of this stuff.
  30. dmnc02

    Entreq Tellus grounding

    I know the feeling. Sorry to put the bug in your ear :)

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