MV: why not use speaker ground?

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jimeehendricks

MV: why not use speaker ground?

Post by jimeehendricks » Tue Apr 12, 2005 8:30 am

In the Tom Mitchell book he describes the basic MV, the one using a 1M pot off the treble pot. He says connect it to a convenient ground but not the speaker ground. Anyone know why this is?
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Billy Batz
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Post by Billy Batz » Tue Apr 12, 2005 8:33 am

I would imagine to prevent noise like hum. Just ground it at the end of the preamp buss if your using one.
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Steve R
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Post by Steve R » Thu Apr 14, 2005 9:28 pm

Some amps have an isolated speaker ground, too.
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