Well said Millercarbon! All these small to large nuances form an accumulative balance of sound within ones system. From my components, dedicated circuits, outlets, to cabling. All though I did stop at the carbon Furutech cover plate!
The strange thing (and you picked up on it) Its very difficult for the brain to cultivate sound, especially component to component! I listen to my system a lot!. Yet because I was so focused on the 116's (which are great amps) and my ears/brain became so in tune with the 116 amps I basically forgot what my Classe' sounded like! Until I had my delayed brain storm and remembered I never warmed the amps up! 3 days later! It was almost as if my brain couldn't digest what happened!
As far as the naysayers go, I don't pay much attention to them. I've come to the realization most don't know how to evaluate what they are hearing.
I'm actually happy this occurred! It gives one pause to pay attention to what they are doing. Still disappointed in making such a basic blunder!
The strange thing (and you picked up on it) Its very difficult for the brain to cultivate sound, especially component to component! I listen to my system a lot!. Yet because I was so focused on the 116's (which are great amps) and my ears/brain became so in tune with the 116 amps I basically forgot what my Classe' sounded like! Until I had my delayed brain storm and remembered I never warmed the amps up! 3 days later! It was almost as if my brain couldn't digest what happened!
As far as the naysayers go, I don't pay much attention to them. I've come to the realization most don't know how to evaluate what they are hearing.
I'm actually happy this occurred! It gives one pause to pay attention to what they are doing. Still disappointed in making such a basic blunder!