High Fidelity Cable replaces NPS 1260

They just shipped my order! It's UPS for Florida.

Got mine late yesterday. Decided to begin with the incoming. Did 5 power cables, 1 wall wart, and 3 MC-05’s. Sounds very nice to start albeit a little reserved dynamically.

Was wondering about that myself. Great question.

Day 2 went very bland and dark for some reason. Figured part of it might be the reseating of the MC-05’s. Had not touched them for around 1000 hours. Anyway, got impatient tonight and treated most of the rest of my system . IC’s, HFC RCA phono destination adapters, amp to speaker bananas. WOW...in 5 minutes of all tube warmup, the difference was remarkable. The midrange and highs are right there, very clear,but not fake or analytical . Finally, as someone who very humbly has a lot of experience with live, acoustic music, my only complaint at this early juncture is a skewing of the tonal signature slightly away from richness to lean. But again, we're only talking about Day 3 and I'm excited to see what happens in the next few months.

The only thing left is the SR purple amp fuse and the preamp and power amplifier pins. I don’t have enough information to feel safe on any of that. Regarding the small signal tubes, my 3 preamps are all vintage...VTL Deluxe, Quicksilver Full Function, and the one I’m currently using, the CJ PV-5. I can treat the pins but will that cause damage to the old tube sockets? I’m more inclined to try treating my large signal KT120’s (Rogue). Same question applies but the tube sockets are more modern. Guess I can try to contact Ted on how to apply this stuff to his fuse.

For those of you waiting on orders, I was getting ready to talk about PayPal protection. Then I remembered that my only direct purchase from HFC has been the recent NPS Q45T. I had to use my CC number, no PayPal option. Received mine a week ago, but if I had not, like @lpretiring suggests, I would be on the phone with my CC company tomorrow, just in case.

Regarding the HFC shutdown news, assuming it’s true and a very credible source has posted it right here on this forum, I only have one word which seems to be cropping up day after day during this Year Of Our Lord 2022.

Sad.

If past history is an indicator of future performance, Ricky will land on his feet. Not the first time an inventor of real, difference-making products has had problems on the business end. Without considering any of the other possibly legitimate factors that have been offered here, how about this: His products are so good, he simply can’t keep up with the demand. Simplistic yes, but maybe closer to the truth.

"I made a joke with a friend and said it’s like getting a hickey from Scarlett Johansson, I’d never want it to go away."

Funny thing, an old man now but even back in my hormone racing youth, I never understood the appeal of the hickey thing. Always thought it was people just trying to brag and advertise. That being said, I was a Scarlett fan way back before she was this popular and yes, I agree with that sentiment. And yes, the Q45T is all that. And more.

Can't speak for all the non-HFC suggested applications. Just know that I applied it to all of the suggested male power cord plugs, interconnects and banana speaker connectors. Around 20 with the extra MC-05's, electrostatic plugs, RCA Adapters, etc. Still have at least a half bottle left. Less than 200 dollars for this kind of radical sound improvement? An absolute bargain.