Ungrounded power cord: Will I die?

Most electrical equipment is very safe.
Typical stereo electronics will (probably) not kill you if somehow a short develops to ground.

Also very large amplifiers capacitor banks can pose a hazard if you are sticking your fingers in there.

The real exception is tubed electronics, and Color tube TVs.
Both carry fatal voltages inside, and should be treated with respect.

And no one does not have to be worried about items with only a two prong plug.

Herman and Bombaywalla must be brothers...
Or at least friends.
Always good to hear from folks who are critics...

The huge number of Audiophiles dying from electrical shocks when they unground some bit of kit is well known.
Tens of thousands of well meaning audiophiles have died due to electricution in just the past year!!.

The organization: Mothers against audiophile ground lift
(Or MAAGL) have been attempting to have legislation passed to stop the carnage.
In general millions of needless deaths due to ungrounded electrical equipment every years causes consternation but it seems to be a silent killer, as no one even even sees any comments about it. This is due to the powerful 'Electrical mafia'. Who censor all news about this epidemic. (clearly they are effective, as none of this has been posted before!!)
I am here to break the silence about this deadly killer.
Unplug now. Use kerosene lamps, Wood stoves! candles.
(Better to accedentally burn your house down than take a chance on the deadly scourge of electrocution)
Sweat it out in the Summer.
End this carnage!!
(8^Q... LOL...

Googling electrocution by consumer devices is per year in the United states: 1 person per three million.
So for 300,000,000 that is about 100 folks die PER YEAR in the united states from electrocution from home apliances or electronics.
The greatest percent of those are from appliances, and power tools, and mostly men.

No percentage is given that I can find for folks messing with thier stereo equipment.
And those would all be for guys repairing or putzing with the insides of thier stuff anyway.
The risk is just not present for the non intrusive (not inside the equuipment) audiophile.
And if anyone WAS killed or even harmed.. i am CERTAIN it would end up on sites like this by word of mouth, or on Yahoo: "Two six year olds electrocuted by dads stereo" or some such blather...
Even Herman admits to getting a few 'zaps' as a kid (so did I) So what?
Making a mountain out of a molehill is what this thread is about.
And YES I am saying it is nonsense to be concerned beyond such things as stopping for stop signs, or red lights, speeding, etc. Even slipping in the bathtub is as lethal (per percentage).
So unless you are planning to stick two screwdrivers into the wall outlet, and then bit down on them.. i would not get too worried.
So gimme a break on getting electrocuted by your stereo.

I think we should all just hid under our beds. Better not take ANY chances.
(Except you STILL might die from:
Nuclear war,
Hurricane
Tornado
Cancer
Heart attack
stroke
a stray bullet
Flood/Tidal wave
Starvation
Thirst

IMO
one of the biggest problems with America is EVERYBODY is afraid of whatever. Jeez.