how does an 'Audio Grounding Box' work?

[antcollinet]

If you think that only audiophiles can manage to sow groundless (yes, the pun is deliberate) claims about grounding ...

Grounding: Techniques and Benefits

Have you ever wondered about the benefits of grounding? Find out if it can help you.

www.webmd.com

Jim

Woo!

 

[Speedskater]

I'll never read Web MD again.
No sure if I ever put much faith in it, in the past.

 

[Platypus20]

Standard Version - kitty litter
Deluxe Version - clean kitty litter

 

[Soniclife]

If you think that only audiophiles can manage to sow groundless (yes, the pun is deliberate) claims about grounding ...

Grounding: Techniques and Benefits

Have you ever wondered about the benefits of grounding? Find out if it can help you.

www.webmd.com

Jim

Wow, genuinely had to scroll up to check it wasn't an April Fool, sadly it wasn't, it would be comedy gold if intentional satire.

 

[Petrushka]

Wow, genuinely had to scroll up to check it wasn't an April Fool, sadly it wasn't, it would be comedy gold if intentional satire.

I’m speechless.

 

[Cbdb2]

Only Audiophiles make audiophiles look like morons.

I think that would be audiophools.

 

[Cbdb2]

If you think that only audiophiles can manage to sow groundless (yes, the pun is deliberate) claims about grounding ...

Grounding: Techniques and Benefits

Have you ever wondered about the benefits of grounding? Find out if it can help you.

www.webmd.com

Jim

Wow. The author is not even a doctor. You can easily get thousands of volts on your body, just rub your shoes on carpet in real dry atmosphere. And to discharge touch a doorknob. There's zero proof its harmful.

 

[kyuu]

Wow. The author is not even a doctor. You can easily get thousands of volts on your body, just rub your shoes on carpet in real dry atmosphere. And to discharge touch a doorknob. There's zero proof its harmful.

Hey, those discharges can smart something fierce!

 

[JustJones]

If you think that only audiophiles can manage to sow groundless (yes, the pun is deliberate) claims about grounding ...

Grounding: Techniques and Benefits

Have you ever wondered about the benefits of grounding? Find out if it can help you.

www.webmd.com

Jim

This really works, here's proof!!

 

[kyuu]

This really works, here's proof!!

Spoiler

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Thanks to Poe's Law I can't tell if you're honestly defending that article or not.

 

[Blahzot]

Woo!

Don't be so cynical, this technique could produce striking results during a thunderstorm!

 

[JustJones]

I just noticed the voltage of the guy not earthed is Pi? This earthing thing clearly needs further research.

 

[egellings]

Standard Version - kitty litter
Deluxe Version - clean kitty litter

Litter dampened with kitty whizz might conduct better, providing a better ground path.

 

[Cbdb2]

This really works, here's proof!!

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Now rub your runners on a wool carpet and check the voltage, actually don't you might destroy your meter. And an easy way to destroy logic chips.

 

[JSmith]

It's almost as if these were a high-tech version of putting your gear in a timeout for bad behaviour.

It’s like a luxury “I’m not going to actually do anything but make you think I am” device. If only grounding boxes came with a magic wand and a tutu, then maybe buyers could do a little dance and actually make the sound quality magically improve, whilst their bank account shrinks.

They work wonders for imagination. Suddenly, every small improvement heard becomes the product of the grounding box and not just a figment of audiophool dreams.


JSmith

 

[egellings]

It's almost as if these were a high-tech version of putting your gear in a timeout for bad behaviour.

It’s like a luxury “I’m not going to actually do anything but make you think I am” device. If only grounding boxes came with a magic wand and a tutu, then maybe buyers could do a little dance and actually make the sound quality magically improve, whilst their bank account shrinks.

They work wonders for imagination. Suddenly, every small improvement heard becomes the product of the grounding box and not just a figment of audiophool dreams.


JSmith

I think that people buy a gadget like that and then swear they hear a sound quality improvement, such as details not heard before. I suspect that such a person is simply paying closer attention to the sound quality after installing the gadget and noticing sonic details that were always there.

 

[Cbdb2]

Hey, those discharges can smart something fierce!

As kids we would zap each other in the earlobe, we didn't have video games.