NORDOST QLINE GROUND WIRE

Description

The Nordost QLINE Ground Wire is a high-quality grounding solution designed to enhance the performance of high-end audio systems by providing a dedicated and low-resistance path to ground. As part of Nordost’s QRT power management range, the QLINE is engineered to reduce ground loop noise, minimize electromagnetic interference (EMI), and ensure that your audio components have a stable and consistent grounding reference. This results in a clearer, more detailed, and dynamic sound, making it an essential accessory for audiophiles who want to maximize their system’s potential.

Overview

Grounding is a crucial aspect of any audio system’s performance, as unwanted noise, hum, and interference can often enter the signal chain through poor grounding connections. The Nordost QLINE Ground Wire is designed to create an optimal ground path that eliminates these issues, providing a quieter, more stable electrical environment for your audio components. When used in conjunction with Nordost’s QBASE AC Distribution Units or QKORE Ground Units, the QLINE Ground Wire helps to achieve the cleanest, most stable ground possible.

Key Features

• High-Purity Conductors: The QLINE is constructed using high-quality, oxygen-free copper conductors that are silver-plated to ensure maximum conductivity and minimal signal loss. This provides a low-resistance path to ground, reducing noise and interference effectively.
• Low-Loss FEP Insulation: The QLINE is insulated with Nordost’s proprietary Fluorinated Ethylene Propylene (FEP) insulation, which minimizes signal loss and protects the conductor from external interference.
• Flexible Design: The QLINE features a flexible and durable construction, making it easy to route and position within your audio setup, even in tight or complex installations.
• Versatile Termination Options: The QLINE is available with a variety of termination options, including banana plugs, spade connectors, and RCA connectors, allowing for seamless integration with your existing equipment and grounding points.

Benefits of the Nordost QLINE Ground Wire

• Noise Reduction: By providing a dedicated low-resistance ground path, the QLINE effectively reduces ground loop noise and electromagnetic interference (EMI), resulting in a cleaner, more transparent sound.
• Improved Clarity and Detail: The reduced noise floor achieved by using the QLINE allows your audio system to reveal greater detail, clarity, and dynamic range, enhancing the overall listening experience.
• Enhanced System Stability: The QLINE ensures that your audio components maintain a stable grounding reference, which is essential for delivering consistent and accurate sound reproduction.

Ideal Use Cases

• High-End Audio Systems: The QLINE is perfect for audiophiles who want to eliminate ground loop issues and interference from their high-fidelity audio systems, resulting in a more immersive and detailed sound.
• Home Theater Systems: Home theater enthusiasts can use the QLINE to reduce noise and interference, ensuring that their audio and video components operate with the highest possible performance.
• Professional Audio/Recording Studios: For professional audio applications, the QLINE helps to maintain signal integrity by providing a clean and stable ground reference, which is crucial for accurate sound reproduction.

How to Integrate the QLINE Ground Wire into Your System

1. Identify the grounding points on your audio components or power distribution units, such as the QBASE AC Distribution Unit, QKORE Ground Unit, or other components with a dedicated grounding terminal.
2. Choose the appropriate QLINE termination (banana, spade, or RCA) to match the grounding points on your equipment.
3. Connect one end of the QLINE to the grounding terminal on your audio component or power distribution unit.
4. Attach the other end of the QLINE to the grounding terminal on your QBASE, QKORE, or directly to a suitable grounding point in your setup.

Compatibility

The Nordost QLINE Ground Wire is designed to work seamlessly with Nordost’s QRT power products, including:

• QBASE AC Distribution Units: Enhance the grounding performance of your QBASE unit, ensuring clean power distribution to all connected components.
• QKORE Ground Units: Connect the QLINE to a QKORE Ground Unit to achieve the ultimate grounding solution for your audio system.
• Other Audio Components: The QLINE can also be used with various audio components that feature dedicated grounding terminals, making it a versatile addition to any setup.

Who Should Consider the Nordost QLINE Ground Wire?

The QLINE Ground Wire is ideal for audiophiles, home theater enthusiasts, and professionals who want to achieve the cleanest, most stable grounding possible in their audio systems. If you’re looking to reduce noise, hum, and interference and want to enhance the clarity and detail of your sound, the QLINE is an excellent investment.

The Nordost QLINE Ground Wire is an essential accessory for anyone serious about achieving the highest level of audio performance. By providing a dedicated, low-resistance path to ground, the QLINE reduces noise and interference, resulting in a clearer, more detailed, and more dynamic listening experience. When integrated into a system with Nordost’s QBASE or QKORE products, the QLINE becomes a crucial component in ensuring that your audio equipment receives the clean, stable power it needs to perform at its best. This makes it a valuable addition to any high-end audio setup, helping you unlock the full potential of your system.

One of the most incessant problems that can plague a hifi system is that annoying hum. Noise is triggered when two circuits carrying different amounts of current overlap each other, or when a loop is created by stray magnetic fields generated by transformers in connected equipment. This problem is only magnified when your system is spread between several connected wall outlets throughout your listening room, as many are. The only solution to this problem: separate the circuits so that no overlaps occur by providing a designated ground.

While the easiest way to provide a designated ground for your sound system is achieved by using our QKORE grounding system, homeowners with the ability to install an outdoor ground rod will find Nordost’s QLINE Ground Wire an indispensable tool. Utilizing Nordost’s patented Micro Mono-Filament technology, combined with extruded FEP insulation, the QLINE is the missing link needed to complete the circuit —connecting the QBASE ground post to a designated, external ground rod or grounding box, through its uniquely low resistance path. Proper grounding will transform your system, offering enhancements in 3D imaging as well as lowering the noise floor.

Nordost’s QLINE is available in multiple lengths with airtight, waterproof terminations in order to accommodate your specific needs. It is important to recognize, that while installing a designated ground for your hifi system is the most efficient and direct approach to eliminate ground loops and AC hum, there are some states and countries that prohibit the use of a second ground. Please consult a local electrician to ensure that the improvements you make on your sound system remain to code.

• FEP insulation
• Micro Mono-Filament technology
• 10 AWG plated 99.9999% OFC 231 strand conductor
• Termination: Large Spade (8.5mm) to Crimped Ferrule (18mm x 3.8mm) is standard.
• Additional terminations available

• Length: 2M
▶ Add €125.00 retail per additional 1 meter