Grounding boxes - The real deal

[ianlenco]

https://www.amazon.co.uk/TAOtTAO-Tou...urmaline+chips

If it doesn't work as a grounding box you can always use it for other purposes:

Carrying a Black Tourmaline keeps one's auric field clear of imbalances, promoting a positive attitude regardless of the circumstances stemming from negative influences

Maybe it would get rid of scepticism

[Macca]

There's a Nigerian witch doctor down the road from me, might get him to come in and bless my system, see if I can detect an improvement.

I bet that's one tweak Mike Music hasn't tried yet

[struth]

https://www.amazon.co.uk/TAOtTAO-Tou...urmaline+chips

If it doesn't work as a grounding box you can always use it for other purposes:



Maybe it would get rid of scepticism

the wife carried tourmaline with here all the time

[willbewill]

Here's what I use

[Barry]

As a scientist, I am intrigued by the idea of a material that can absorb RFI. I believe this is different from materials that shield against RFI - there are many of those about.

As energy can neither be created nor destroyed the RFI will probably converted to a (small amount) of heat, hence no circuit is required. The RFI absorbing material is merely a sump.

Can we try and capture possibilities here.

My suggestions are graphite and tourmaline chippings or crystals

Yes - obviously the electromagnetic energy is being converted into heat within the absorbing material. To do this the absorbing material needs to have a poor loss tangent. Many RF absorbing materials use carbon loaded foam rubber. RF anechoic chambers are lined with this material and accidents can happen - some parts may absorb so much energy they catch fire!

However one still needs to match the absorbing material to the radiation - that is a more complicated matter if you want the absorption to be efficient, and then it will only work over a limited range of frequencies.

Where I worked, one department made, inter alia microwave absorbing rubber sheets which used a 'carbonyl iron' matrix in silicone rubber.

[walpurgis]

Maybe it would get rid of scepticism

I've always taken scepticism with a pinch of salt!

[CageyH]

I already have a grounds box.

It is one of these, but I bought it in Black.
It makes Sunday morning listening much more enjoyable.

[montesquieu]

I already have a grounds box.

It is one of these, but I bought it in Black.
It makes Sunday morning listening much more enjoyable.

If that's the price of a knock-off I wonder what the genuine one costs

[CageyH]

If that's the price of a knock-off I wonder what the genuine one costs

BOOM, Tish....

[Mr. C]

Yes. Maybe a bit over 1kg. Could certainly have been concrete but not sure how that would collect RF

Hello Oli

Just read your feedback on the unit, thank you for putting your words on the forum appreciate that

I would also agree with you, it is not a sticking plaster for a system that needs to brought back into balance, which I have always suggested it works best on an even handed system.

For you personally I would maybe look at speakers to give a good all round improvement to the system imho.

Will clear up a few points for you chaps, absolutely no concrete are in the RTZ boxes what so ever of ANY description.

The weight of the RTZ1 is 2.7Kg, the material inside is *new* (Clarifying:- the constituent formulation of said material is new, in that it does not appear in any patent search in relation to the effect it generates or any other effect that could be considered to be related to how the box functions. That may or may not exist within the formulated material itself)

The boxes are fabricated in the UK Oli, however I understand your suggestion relating to them.

The binding posts are stripped down, ultrasonically cleaned, the pickled in acid to remove the stock plating, again thoroughly cleaned, then plated with our own material we fabricate the cables from. Cryogenically treated before assembly, then the whole unit is cryo'd after manufacturer, lastly the O.E. BR pads are fitted