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Old 20th Mar 2019, 8:45 am   #496
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Default Re: Audiophoolery?

Whatever you do, don't open the box!

The manufacturer says that the drain wires feed all the nasty interference down into the ground box. The box is otherwise closed, so there is nowhere further for the evil to go. It can only build up in the box and opening it will let all the collected bad stuff out.

These boxes could be quite dangerous and must eventually burst in a really bad-sounding explosion. It is safer to forgo their benefits and tolerate some long term sonic imperfection.

Perhaps true audiophiles only keep their boxes for a short while, replacing them with new ones and palming the filled ones off onto some unsuspecting mug? Could be reassuringly expensive.

David
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