...I think the confusion is stemming from his observation that there are three prongs on the male outlet side of his Denon supplied, detachable power cord and also three holes on the female end of his power cord
but
the receiver itself was built with only two male prongs to plug the cord into. The ground pin is not present on the receiver to plug a grounded cord into...
Precisely! Thank you Murph for explaining it better than I could. So the question remains then, is the Denon not grounded? Even given the explanation that Mark theorized about economies of scale being the driving force behind using a three prong plug on an appliance that only had a two prong male connection... I am still miffed at why these recievers and amps aren't grounded? The Denon and Emotiva use the exact same cord as the EP800's amp does, only the Axiom has a three prong male connection where the other two don't. That is confusing to me. Why would one amp need grounding where the other two, by design, do not?
