Upgrading interconnects, where to start

If you plan on having only one source, start there. If you plan on having several, do the main IC.

either way, it's just a starting point... not a finishing point, right? And you gotta have something somewhere. Well Hell, everywhere.

My own plan is like this.... nice spkr wires, not cheap nothings, so you can hear the changes being made upstream.

Decent IC on main, and source.

Power cables.

Go back to sources or main IC and upgrade there.

Now finally upgrade the spkr wires.

Buy new components and begin again as and where necessary.

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Ok, what I experienced is that the new interconnect's between CD-player and pre-amp produce high's which were too sharp although the rest seemed to have opened up with more details and a more defined imaging. Now I put them between the pre-amp and amp and the sound is much more balanced.

So either way is not equal is it? Spend some money on good power cords now.

Do the same with the power cord. According to your results, you should alternate the power cord through each component and witness a similar effect correct? Then, just for giggles, switch your speaker cables from one speaker to the other...but backwards. Afterwards, when you are thoughroughly confused as to what really is going on, unplug everything...and randomly plug cords in, blindfolded. I bet you 5.00 dollars (paypal dollars that is) that that would generate the best outcome of them all. Disclaimer: I'm not being serious...or am I?