Doug Schroeder Method, Double ic

My HAVE contact told me that some folks who order standard RCA-terminated audio IC’s using the Canare StarQuad wire sometimes request to have the Shield connected to the ground conductors at one terminus. They didn’t have any explanation for it, as they are a custom house and do as the customer wishes.

I’ve heard folks doing this with power cords, where I recall the shield is combined with ground conductor at the plug end (wall input) only, leaving the IEC plug unconnected to the shield.

Connecting the shield to the source or sending end is to reduce noise. Any noise picked up by the shield won’t be carried over to the next component. 

And I do understand the aversion towards using a shield for designers building an IC from scratch using a set of proprietary or specialty conductors.

I ordered some cable to try it out.....we'll see