Sorry, couldn't resist. This poor ship, called The Star, is certainly grounded. But what we're more interested in looks like this.
A star ground is where all grounds tie to one point in the chain. The beauty of the star ground system is that varying lengths of each ground connection do not matter. So, this means you could have a power amp with a 10 foot power cord, a preamp with a 3 foot cord, all connected to the same star ground point and have no difference in ground potential that mattered. Long cords, short cords, daisy chained connections, all ok.
I mentioned you might already have something close to a star ground in your setup, and you just might. If you're running your system from one power source, like a Power Plant, or a central power conditioner, chances are good you're getting pretty close to the ideal ground solution already. Properly designed, a multi-outlet device feeding your system shares one ground and all outlets inside can be tied to one point.
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