PS Audio AC-5 question

Hi Vinylvin, I only remove the ground out of nessesity, I had ground loop hum from my Halo A21 and Anthem, which I'am happy to report is gone! I mean dead quite. I recieved a pair of Morrow Audio's Ma3 balanced Ic's today. In the past before Ps Audio's cables I used cheater plugs and hated the very thought of it.And i know it's dangerouse to lift the ground.Today I put the Ground pin back an no Hum, and Lake( if your reading this) the sound from balanced is Outstanding over rca from the Anthem.Back to the ground lift from the Duet I would'nt recommend it,my Quintet is grounded, Now if its a 2 prong device like my preamp or bluray player I take the ground pins off. BTW how's the burn in comming along?

I can't lift the ground from the Duet, I use a Signal Cable Magic power cord. I use th AC-5 for my Marantz SA-8001 SACD/CD player.

As far as burning in it's hard to tell I changed speakers (Totem Hawks from Polk LSi15s)& speaker wire at the same time. Sounded great right from the start. Right now I only have about 10 hrs on the AC-5, the Totems are broken in, I bought then here, local. Click on my system if you'd like.

Congrats on the Totem Hawks! I made that same mistake last year when I brought a new amp ,speakers and cables I installed all the cables at once (lol) like a stew! Instead of one at a time to evaluate the improvement of each piece. With power I slowed it down to listen to what each change was adding or taking away Soloist Premier, Quintet and Power port premier then foucused on the Cables!

Jdub, I got a PS Audio Quintet as loaner from local audio shop. This is a demo unit, the dealer said its well burned in for months. When I connected my gear, the background is extremely dark, details and dynamic are amazing. I can get a dimensional sense of the instrument placement!. But on the downside, the highs and mids(maily vocals)are rolledoff/laidback. Using Monster power conditioner, the mids and highs are a bit forward which sounds more musical. Listening thru quintet is great, but gets a bit analytical. Note: the guy gave me power cord, that is not even the quintet's stock cord.

For kicks put the AC5 on the Quintet to get a taste of its true potential then try the AC10, give each cord a good 30min to settle and remember your two new cables are still breaking in the highs and mids are the last to bloom with bass filling out as well. Your ears and system already jelled well with the monster and is settling in to the new equipment . Is your tv connected to the Quintet as well? if so after the power cord switch tell me the results!Sometimes the rule of thumb is to put your best Powercord first and let it trikle down to the rest of your gear!