Interesting discussion. I heard my speakers totally disappear at the dealers, whom I visited many times before committing to the $$. I could not afford to bring the whole system home, but I got the speakers and an amazing pre/amp combo. Sometimes in the last 1.5 years since I brought the system home the speakers would disappear. I've been working at speaker positioning, power cables, sorting the room, isolation, cable lifters, etc.
Recently got an EtherREGEN and can say that now the speakers disappear on any good material. You can just stand in the stage. It is truly amazing how much the ER brought to the game, or really, removed. It has isolated all the grunge that was riding in on my newly installed 300mbs fiber line that was just installed in the neighborhood in the last six months. The ER is the best upgrade yet, and less than $700 delivered. So if you stream, check it out. I am now looking at purchasing an upgraded JS-2 linear power supply for the ER. Power is very important, like all things in audio.
Recently got an EtherREGEN and can say that now the speakers disappear on any good material. You can just stand in the stage. It is truly amazing how much the ER brought to the game, or really, removed. It has isolated all the grunge that was riding in on my newly installed 300mbs fiber line that was just installed in the neighborhood in the last six months. The ER is the best upgrade yet, and less than $700 delivered. So if you stream, check it out. I am now looking at purchasing an upgraded JS-2 linear power supply for the ER. Power is very important, like all things in audio.