Grounding with a Earth box?


OK so help be understand something.   I understand the value of grounding equipment, but what is the value of having a woodbox with salt, earth, minerals etc  do for grounding?  How is supposed to work or be better?


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@millercarbon, I hope you realise I was serious when I asked, where's MC. I know you think outside the box and might have a theory.

Now my question, how do we know that the box only contains dirt or sand? Could there be some of the elements used by Bybee and other "snake oil" developers?


All grounding schemes from component to earth have different levels of impedance (ground potential). We know this much.
By no means am I an expert, but by wiring each component’s chassis (earth ground) to the grounding box and adjusting the settings, the theory is that an equal impedance to ground can be achieved.

https://www.synergisticresearch.com/isolation/ground-isolation/grounding-block/

http://www.graniteaudio.com/zero/index.html

Where’s millercarbon when you need him?

The Ground Zero uses a wire attached to a ground post or the chassis of the components. I tried it and it seemed to smooth out the highs, that's all.

@larryi 
I believe the active blocks use the negative of an RCA jack as ground, and the ground from an XLR input then they're tied to the ground block. Possibly also using the neutral.



@ozzy 
Reading the basics about the Synergistic Research box I discovered they use the signal ground, not the earth ground from components. Is that what you are doing?

@ozzy 
Thanks for that comprehensive answer. Very generous of you to expose the secret sauce that's inside the boxes.
Interesting that the YouTube guy used your design, including the cigar box.


Crystals? Iron Ferrite, crushed magnets? I keep reading about magnets. How they can DIRECT and focus a signal to the CENTER of a conductor... Don’t shoot the messenger.. It’s how they focus a laser in a vacuum.

Rick Schultz at High Fidelity Cables has been using magnets in his cables and devices for years. The magnetic field directs electrons into a more direct path (or something like that).

I own several of his cables and devices. You might want to read about his theory....
https://www.highfidelitycables.com/technology/