Jmcgrogan2,
I don't know if you recall but when I first received my CT-1U speaker cables I also noticed right away a slight drop in volume with my Plinius SA Reference amp. After just now reading Fplanner2000 comment, it just dawned on me that I never noticed that after several weeks my volume also returned back to what it had originally been. I'm guessing that when you received your speaker cables you used the cleaning puddy on them as Al suggested but I'm guessing it might not help this issus, but a few weeks might. Let us know.
I don't know if you recall but when I first received my CT-1U speaker cables I also noticed right away a slight drop in volume with my Plinius SA Reference amp. After just now reading Fplanner2000 comment, it just dawned on me that I never noticed that after several weeks my volume also returned back to what it had originally been. I'm guessing that when you received your speaker cables you used the cleaning puddy on them as Al suggested but I'm guessing it might not help this issus, but a few weeks might. Let us know.