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A few recent experiences have reemphasized the importance of good ground connections: I started by adding an Acoustic Revive RGC-24 to my InnuOs Zenith Mk3 streamer. Furthermore I added an Akiko Audio Black Box to the ground rail of my fuse box. And lastly I added a Chinese sourced grounding box to my Draytek router via USB connection. In each instance the effect was less than subtle: like snapping a camera objective into focus. I live in a single house with a very substantial grounding rod; nevertheless it seems that connection to ground via the fuse box is less than perfect. Thinking of adding grounding boxes to the speakers next.

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I'm familiar with grounding boxes and I'm a believer in their positive results. My observation of using the Acoustic Revive RGC-24 on a component is this; your streamer has an earth ground via the ground buss in the service panel. Now, it has an added ground from the RGC-24. There could be a difference in impedance between these two grounds. Grounding boxes typically plug into the AC receptacle which will result in a common ground with your other components. I don't understand how using 2 different grounds is beneficial. 

 

And now a question, how did you decide which component to add this ground to? 

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