Hello, I have dCS Vivaldi DAC, Master Clock and Bridge.
I’m interested in chassis grounding of my Vivaldi system using Shunyata Triton’s CGS(Chassis Grounding System). But unfortunately, dCS Vivaldi devices do not have chassis ground terminals, so I’m thinking about unscrewing one of screws in the back of the devices.
My question are …
Thank you.
Wow, thank you so much. The device in the picture looks like a dCS Vivaldi Master Clock.
I’m sorry but… I would like to ask you a few more questions.
Thank you.
You can also attach it with a spade behind a screw. That screw must make ground with the ground pin of the power cord input. I later moved the connection to a screw closer to the power cord input. I happened to have the connectors lying around and are from my old Duntech speakers. I had removed them because I always connect the speaker cable directly to the filter of the speaker. The groundcables are the Shunyata Sigma.
Thank you for your precious advice.
I just did chassis grounding on my Vivaldi DAC and Master Clock, and the results are fantastic. The bass is much more defined, and the noise level has dropped, making the listening experience far more enjoyable. Really appreciate your help!
Good to hear. I have the same experience with grounding. Actually the same as with a good (Shunyata) Power distributor.
I used Shunyata’s BNC grounding connector.
I use only the ALTAIRA chassis hub, not the Signal hub.
And for anyone who doesn’t believe in grounding, here a review The Absolute Sound:
If understand well the sound quality is much better but dCS never thought about it, because they are not really interested in sound quality, am I right ?
The above response is unnecessarily snarky, no?
Your call obviously, but this sort of posting isn’t typical for this forum where disagreements (if that’s indeed what you were going for) are usually phrased much less aggressively.
If I am misreading your response and you didn’t intend the sarcasm I sense, I am sorry and will withdraw my post.
You are right…May be it is because I am ill these days or because again and again and again we read publicity on Shunyata products on this forum…
That aside, if grounding was such a fantastic improvement, dCS should have thought about it at least on their most recent product, The Varése…
Fair enough Chris. I hope you feel better soon!
(I hadn’t particularly noted the Shunyata publicity but now that you have brought it up, I’ll keep an eye out). All the very best to you.
It looks like some people might be assuming that my post is promoting Shunyata products, but that’s not the case. (In fact, Shunyata products aren’t particularly popular in my country.)
As for my experience—yesterday, I grounded my Vivaldi DAC and Master Clock, but not because I was dealing with hum or noise issues in my system. I had heard positive things about grounding from various sources, but I hesitated for quite some time before finally posting my question on the dCS community. My concerns were:
These thoughts had kept me from trying it until now, but yesterday, I finally decided to go ahead with the experiment. However, the grounding cable I used wasn’t a specialized one—it was a DIY solution made from OCC wire. (Unfortunately, the Shunyata dealer in my country doesn’t import grounding cables, and they’re quite expensive as well in US.)
Thanks!
Hi,
All I’ll throw in is that ALL of our kit is grounded via the electrical connection so there is always a possibility that adding in an additional ground path COULD be detrimental to overall performance.
Cheers
Phil
Completely recognizable, that was my reaction when I saw your post about whether or not to try grounding. I was in the same situation and am glad that I persevered. Mentioning brands, other than dCS, is of course unavoidable. The argument, because dCS does not apply this itself, it must not be good, can be extended much further to speakers, cables, amplifiers, etc. But we are not going to do that. Everyone wants to get the most out of their dCS, whatever model it is, and for that you simply need other brands (components). The nice thing about this forum is that you can test good experiences of other dCS users in practice, and then judge for yourself whether it is also something for you. And then I am talking about network applications, streamers, amplification, cabling, displays, acoustics, racks, fuses, device feet, etc. etc.
As far as I am concerned, if I read here that someone might benefit from my own experience, I will certainly not hesitate to respond. And all that so we can enjoy more of our favorite music, because that’s what it’s all about.
p.s. Before I bought the Sigma cables I also used another cable, the thickest stripped Neotech power cable. Here too the improvement was immediately audible.
It’s not just ground loop noise, it’s also component to component interference.
Always fun these discussions based on 0 experience with grounding. The nice thing is that we, who do use it, know how good dCS can really sound, and you, the “unbelievers” don’t, ha ha.
No, the hex bolts visible from the rear panel only fix the rear panel, the boards are mounted from the inside.
Been using the Altaira chassis grounding unit with their Alpha grounding cables and one Omega ground cable into an Everest power distributor for quite some time. I ground my dCS DAC and Upsampler using one of each of the black screws (after determining that these were appropriate) as well as using the chassis ground on my Uptone Audio etherREGEN switch. I will say the switch saw the greatest benefit. The dCS components are negligible. Even tested a ground on my Grimm MU1. It seems most well designed and trying to lower any noise from this streamer via grounding or using better Ethernet or power cords does seem to have any noticeable impact.
