I've set up the following:
Denali and DPC-6 are both plugged into a single 20amp receptacle.
Denali - grounded Spectral preamp / two Spectral mono blocks floated / a dCS DAC also being floated (current DAC Berkeley is floated)
DPC6 - Upsampler (dCS) floated / Roon Nucleus / WD USB drive / D-Link switch / Eero mesh WiFi access point / Synergistic Research Transporter Ultra
All but the Upsampler on the DPC-6 are grounded.
Reason for floating is two fold: the mono block amps simply need to be floated or they pick up low level ground and send it to the speakers. As for all other grounding, this was recommended by my dealer for minimizing noise generated by digital devices in the source chain, which processes the bit stream.
I'm about to deploy an additional element into my system: a dCS Clock. Two things emerge: ran out of receptacles on the DPC-6 which is meant for purely digital devices (the DAC being both a digital in / analog out seems best to connect into the Denali).
So, I'm suspecting I should plug and float the incoming Clock into the DPC-6. Just not sure what of the current items plugged into the DPC-6 can be moved into the Denali, without inserting noise into the system. Or if it might be better to extend the DPC-6 via a small power strip.
Denali and DPC-6 are both plugged into a single 20amp receptacle.
Denali - grounded Spectral preamp / two Spectral mono blocks floated / a dCS DAC also being floated (current DAC Berkeley is floated)
DPC6 - Upsampler (dCS) floated / Roon Nucleus / WD USB drive / D-Link switch / Eero mesh WiFi access point / Synergistic Research Transporter Ultra
All but the Upsampler on the DPC-6 are grounded.
Reason for floating is two fold: the mono block amps simply need to be floated or they pick up low level ground and send it to the speakers. As for all other grounding, this was recommended by my dealer for minimizing noise generated by digital devices in the source chain, which processes the bit stream.
I'm about to deploy an additional element into my system: a dCS Clock. Two things emerge: ran out of receptacles on the DPC-6 which is meant for purely digital devices (the DAC being both a digital in / analog out seems best to connect into the Denali).
So, I'm suspecting I should plug and float the incoming Clock into the DPC-6. Just not sure what of the current items plugged into the DPC-6 can be moved into the Denali, without inserting noise into the system. Or if it might be better to extend the DPC-6 via a small power strip.
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