>>79906 The main accidents I recall happening to people like myself is when an amplifier is already on, connected to a speaker system, and the amp power was boosted before plugging in the audio jacks. If there is a static shock during connection it can send a wave of current that; because the amp is on high power; it blows the speakers and can mess with the analog connection too. Mind you, this is often rare but yes it has happened to me once before and I was forced to replace my speaker system which sucked ass because I had to wait and save up for 8 months before replacing them. I remember many years ago someone saying there was some kind of trick or solution for avoiding the static shock but for the life of me can't even remember the details.