Grounding boxes

If the theory I've been given is right then this is no scientific discovery simply the application of something to audio. People may have done it before and reported improvements too. Think about how they ground the electrics and electronics on an aircraft, should give you a clue. Personally I don't know enough about electronic engineering to even chance to say yes or no but as I said it is IMO the most credible explanation so far.

It really would be something if it was new science, I mean Nobel prize time and so forth. So it really isn't that. I don't think any new science has ever been discovered by a hi-fi manufacturer (happy to be educated though). Although they have employed many new technologies and material over the years, that isn't the same as discovering them.

There are cheaper grounding boxes available.

Do you do the same for Naim or Linn or whoever products?, if not why specifically for these?

I’ve been into Hi-Fi for almost 40 years. I’ve seen a lot of kit in that time. I’ve also spent more than my fair share of time looking at component prices. I think I can judge reasonably well what a conventional product is worth. That said, I don’t buy new largely because I feel,most charge way too much.

I’d argue it’s different for a box full of unspecified materials with no known function. There is a greater onus to prove it’s not a scam and also a lesser opportunity for a buyer to assess costs because of this.

I wouldn't entirely argue with you, but as long as the box makes enough of a difference to increase enjoyment of ones system, isn't that enough?

Should anybody think that they would? 

In all the chat about grounding boxes, two terms regularly pop up, "I assume" and "presumably". In other words, nobody actually knows what they are talking about!

No design principles have been fowarded and no operational theories outlined. This seems deliberate obfuscation, so I can only assume the whole idea is bullshit!

I've never been one to think that things are a 'good idea' just because the herd think so. What will it be next, adults really believing in the Tooth Fairy or Santa Claus?

Entertaining as it may be, I'm a bit puzzled over the hoo-ha surrounding this item and how some are having an attack of the vapours of the price.

If there's a market for £2,300 Grounding Boxes - and it would seem there is - then Top Cat (Mr T.C.), and others, will supply it. What's new? It's the way the world is/was/always will be. It's a hardly unique state of affairs.

There was a time, of course, when the audio accessory market was...well...err... quite conservative. You had the likes of the Monitor Audio Sty-Lift for raising a tonearm when reaching the end of an LP, a Zerostat Pistol for neutralising static, Kontact Fluid for cleaning a status tip, the Monitor Audio POD. A record clamp. And suchlike, the cost of which would vary between £5 - £20. Sadly, sadly, like flares, sexist advertising, the original Walnut Whip - that time has gone, and never to return...

The 'rot' set-in with cables, of course. In the beginning you made do with bell wire, or if you were 'serious' about your sound, mains cable. And then QED brought out 79 Strand (or was it 42 Strand first?). In a short space of time it seemed like The World & It's Granny jumped on the cables bandwagon intent on supplying the poor audiophile a myriad of choices - at a cost, of course.

And so it has proliferated to include all manner of items, at all manner of prices, and so it will continue. As I mentioned over on TAS, I too am joining the fray bringing to the audiophile market the next BIG THING - Personal Grounding Attire (PGA). Connected to a grounding box, it will allow you to be at the same potential (highly desirable) as your kit. The full monty suit (complete with Delta Shield) will retail at £5,000. For the tight buggers amongst you who don't want to part with cash, there will be the Kronos Kap, priced at an affordable £1,500. A bargain if ever there was one, in my opinion.

I’ve added a poll for fun

You're welcome too. Let me get a date sorted out and I'll let you know.

Yet another hifi foo product, dreamt up by conmen who's sole intention is to scam the gullable people out of their cash.

But hey it's your dosh.......!!!

I think you might get a shock trying to trade your expensive 'magic box' in to the average dealer.

Well written, honest, and makes at least some sense. More than we've had from the other manufacturers of similar products.

CAD gear is pretty good, certainly a cut above the average so that helps, credibility-wise. Only thing that strikes me is that he reckons the improvements are in the nebulous area of 'pace. rhythm and timing.' Whereas all the users seem to report better bass and improved soundstage. Not seen any mention of PRAT.