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I have found out why new cables and tweaks actually work!


The issue is now solved via irrefutable scientific data and rigorous validation after unprecedented levels of physical effort. I now know why swapping cables works, and why a great deal of other tweaks work too.

I spent a great deal of time over the weekend cleaning my entertainment center. I used a Swiffer with the extending wand attachment. Immediately afterwards I went to watch a movie and the sound was clearer, cleaner than I’d ever heard it before. The video didn’t change, but the audio, it was so good I stopped playing the Fellowship of the Ring for the 10th time and went to listen to music.

Oh my goodness, what deep and extended soundstage! Not only could I hear deeper into all of my music but instruments had bodies and height! Diana Krall was so palpably present I wanted to buy her dinner. But what had changed?? Every single cable was left as it was, but I had cleaned!!

That’s when it hit me. All my tweaks and all my cable replacements did nothing. It was the cleaning I did every time I replaced a set of cables that actually caused the revolutionary transformations I was experiencing.  Same for every other audiophile!! You've ignored the cleaning and ascribed changes to gear.  We've been fooled!

On a completely unrelated note, I will soon be releasing my own line of advanced, jitter free, cleaning solutions, in peach, evergreen, unscented and Axe Body Spray fragrances.

erik_squires
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hilde45
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And here's a poem from ChatGPT:

QUESTION: write a poem about tube amplifiers

ANSWER:

Tube amplifiers, oh so fine
Their warm sound flows like honey wine
From their glowing tubes, a sound divine
A truly timeless design

Their warmth envelops, a comforting embrace
Their sound, a gentle, flowing grace
No harshness, just a soft and steady pace
A true pleasure to the ear, no need to replace

Solid state may be efficient and fast
But there's something about tubes that will forever last
Their warmth and character, a thing of the past
But in our hearts, they will forever last

So here's to tube amplifiers, a true treasure
Their sound, a pure, unbridled pleasure
May they continue to bring joy, without measure
Forever the kings of audio's grand leisure

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jgoldrick
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@erik_squires I've used a Swiffer with the extension for a couple of years.  Do you use the Heavy Duty or Standard?  I find the Heavy Duty gives more detail and the extension more air.

t_ramey
632 posts
 

Every time I wash my car and fill up the gas tank it just drives better…

perkri
907 posts
 

I’ve taken the opposite approach.

The new “Sonidust”, works wonders at softening, and warming up your audio experience.

Amazing product, containing a carefully curated collection of dust and hair.

Simply grab a handful, sprinkle behind your stereo on all wires and listen as the warmth you had come to love (but was removed by your ever cleaning partner or cleaning person) listen, as that glorious sound returns.

Caution is advised, the dust has been shown to be highly flammable in California…

jonwolfpell
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Great poem!!!  I thought you were going to say that removing your cables , cleaning their connectors & also the jacks or terminals on the equipment & replacing them all made a sonic difference because it most definitely can! That’s worth doing every once in a while. I have the opposite theory on dust though & believe a good layer of it protects the electronics from outside evil forces…..

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