Improve grounding - Does anyone know what this is about?

ackcheng · 18th May 2011, 06:12 AM

Improve grounding with a box?

The Silence of Grounding | Stereophile.com

No white paper, no description of what's inside?

MOER · 18th May 2011, 06:14 AM

SNAKE OIL!

DF96 · 18th May 2011, 10:31 AM

I note that it was designed by a salesman. The blurb pushes all the right buttons: a little bit of 'science', and some exotic materials from the Third World. The high price means that nobody will buy it and then tell their friends that it was a mistake; they will genuinely believe that it makes an improvement, because to believe otherwise would imply that they had more money than sense.

jez · 18th May 2011, 10:48 AM

9 n's pure oxygen free harmonically aligned snake oil no less

Andy F · 18th May 2011, 11:13 AM

I usually do it with kryptonite powder painting, if not available then Uranium 235 isotope gel can do the job as well.

marce · 11:36 AM

I have just burned my copy of "Electromagnetic Compatability Engineering" as it is obviously teaching me the wrong way to do things!
Having a quick look at their site, it is another product that help electrons flow! as the approx speed of electrons is 84mm/hour will this do any good.

acidbrain · 11:41 AM

I have bought 2 of these boxes, 1 to put my phonoPS in and the other for the phono itself. Very high quality sound, worth the money.

But serious, we need pictures from the inside & scematics before making conclusions.

Chris Daly · 18th May 2011, 11:48 AM

With any device discussion is helped with a schematic. In this case I doubt one will be released. So discussion could go on and on. But it is likely Inductance Capacitance are enjoying each others company.

Every success to its designer and a general reminder to pay attention to grounding in any serious audio layout .

Remember though that any grounding is only as good as the rod in the ground itself, and the deeper it goes to a maximum of about 25 metres is in most cases -well worth the investment, particularly in lightning prone areas .
Cheers / Chris

marce · 18th May 2011, 12:14 PM

The rod in the ground is for protective earth, to correctly ground systems you dont need a rod in the ground. In fact if you avoid the mains ground (PE) connection totaly you will have less noise to worry about, a lot less.

acidbrain · 18th May 2011, 12:21 PM

I'm sticking my own rod in the ground, humfree naturally.

18th May 2011, 06:12 AM	#1
ackcheng diyAudio Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: hong Kong	Improve grounding - Does anyone know what this is about? Improve grounding with a box? The Silence of Grounding \| Stereophile.com No white paper, no description of what's inside?

18th May 2011, 06:14 AM	#2
MOER diyAudio Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: SIMI VALLEY CA	Grounding SNAKE OIL!

18th May 2011, 10:48 AM	#4
jez diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: n.e england	9 n's pure oxygen free harmonically aligned snake oil no less __________________ Repairs and mods to Real Hi-Fi, guitar amps and P.A. in North East England. http://www.arklesselectronics.com

18th May 2011, 11:30 AM	#6
marce diyAudio Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Blackburn, Lancs	I have just burned my copy of "Electromagnetic Compatability Engineering" as it is obviously teaching me the wrong way to do things! Having a quick look at their site, it is another product that help electrons flow! as the approx speed of electrons is 84mm/hour will this do any good. Last edited by marce; 18th May 2011 at 11:36 AM.

18th May 2011, 11:36 AM	#7
acidbrain diyAudio Member Join Date: May 2008	I have bought 2 of these boxes, 1 to put my phonoPS in and the other for the phono itself. Very high quality sound, worth the money. But serious, we need pictures from the inside & scematics before making conclusions. Last edited by acidbrain; 18th May 2011 at 11:41 AM.


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18th May 2011, 10:31 AM	#3
DF96 diyAudio Member Join Date: May 2007	I note that it was designed by a salesman. The blurb pushes all the right buttons: a little bit of 'science', and some exotic materials from the Third World. The high price means that nobody will buy it and then tell their friends that it was a mistake; they will genuinely believe that it makes an improvement, because to believe otherwise would imply that they had more money than sense.

18th May 2011, 11:13 AM	#5
Andy F diyAudio Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Northwest Spain	I usually do it with kryptonite powder painting, if not available then Uranium 235 isotope gel can do the job as well.

18th May 2011, 11:48 AM	#8
Chris Daly diyAudio Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: hobart tasmania	With any device discussion is helped with a schematic. In this case I doubt one will be released. So discussion could go on and on. But it is likely Inductance Capacitance are enjoying each others company. Every success to its designer and a general reminder to pay attention to grounding in any serious audio layout . Remember though that any grounding is only as good as the rod in the ground itself, and the deeper it goes to a maximum of about 25 metres is in most cases -well worth the investment, particularly in lightning prone areas . Cheers / Chris

18th May 2011, 12:14 PM	#9
marce diyAudio Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Blackburn, Lancs	The rod in the ground is for protective earth, to correctly ground systems you dont need a rod in the ground. In fact if you avoid the mains ground (PE) connection totaly you will have less noise to worry about, a lot less.

18th May 2011, 12:21 PM	#10
acidbrain diyAudio Member Join Date: May 2008	I'm sticking my own rod in the ground, humfree naturally.

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