My new apartment has no 3 prong plugs with ground

There are old style screw-in fuses in the basement.
09-08-12: Ejs811

Ejs811,

How old is the place?

Caution, the wiring could be old nob and tube.... If that is the case the insulation on the wire is cloth cover over rubber. The insulation will be very dried out and brittle.

Do not attempt to change out the old two wire receptacle if the wiring is nob and tube. Disturbing the old wire could cause the insulation to break and fall off the old wires clear back to where the wires inter the metal in wall receptacle box. You would have big problems then....

If the old two wire receptacle contacts are so worn that the female contacts will not hold in the two blades of the male plug call the landlord and ask him to have his electrician change out the receptacle.

If on the other hand the receptacle contact pressure is adequate just buy a decent plug strip and plug your audio equipment into that. Use a ground cheater on the plug of the plug strip.

Not having an equipment ground could be a blessing not a curse.
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You have an advantage over the rest of us. The screw in fuses are better quality than the cheap metal they use in the circuit breakers and by floating the ground on your equipment you will most likely get better sound. The real challenge will be the room itself.

..just replace the wall outlests (easy to do). The 3rd (ground) might or might not be grounded...usually the box itself is grounded and therefore the plug will be grounded even if the 3rd wire isn't connected. Cheaters are no good..they ruin the sound.

Generally screw in fuses mean low amperage totals for the apartment.
Old buildings had little regard for modern electricity needs.
You may have only 15 amps for your whole apartment.
You should find out.

The house is a duplex, our floor has 100 amps: 2 X 30 and 2 X 20, people below us have 140 for some reason. Maybe its their new kitchen. Looks like the dryer is on its own 30amp wring which is good.

I screwed the cheater into the center screw of the faceplate. Not going to mess with anything for now, the wiring is a nightmare in the basement.