OK, so I have to ask. Is this real, or is this a joke?


This is plastered several times on the Audiogon home page: "High Fidelity Cables NPS-1260 3D Enhancer 1.5ml" for $349. Am I late to the April fool’s party?   How much for a gallon?
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So bizarre. The music sounds better to me, and I know my music intimately. Various tracks and albums that I have been listening to for decades and that I've used to test my system for years sound better in clear and describable ways now that I have applied the nps. I don't have to "bench" my ears to know that what I'm hearing sounds both different and better. 

When people come out negative on new products without testing them, it almost always comes back around to price. If it costs too much for you to try it, then don't. 
I've applied the nps-1260 to two runs of unbalanced interconnects, one run of speaker cables, and two power cords. It works. I'll be doing fuses next.

It's exasperating to hear comments from people on this forum who haven't tried a product but still think they can have a useful opinion about it. 

Back to what the nps did. No veils were lifted, I didn't see deeper into the music. None of the usual rave cliches apply. But it has been a clear incremental improvement and worth the price if you have that amount of fun money lying around. 

I had been using Perfect Path paste before this and thought highly of it. I have to say that what I'm hearing now with nps has been an improvement over the PP contact enhancer.

What I heard was cleaner bass with more natural overtones (my speakers go down to 37 Hz. I'm hearing a better 37). The sound stage is slightly expanded. The biggest difference I've found has to do with the mix within the sound stage. Music sounds less congealed, more open, with individual instruments positioned more clearly. I'm happier with that. 

I'd say it's a fool's errand to look for earth-shaking improvements from a single product. Products like that don't exist. But as obvious but incremental improvements go -- and that is all I look for – the nps was worth it.


The thing is, I have applied the nps to my system and you obviously haven't done that. This site would be a lot more informative if I didn't have to wade through commentary by people who criticize products they haven't tried. 

When someone says the tried something and it didn't improve the sound, that is useful to me. When someone says "Don't bother trying it, it couldn't possibly help," that isn't.