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Hi Fi Tuning Supreme fuse-Burn In?
Chances are good you connected the Van Den Huls in the “correct” direction whereas the previous interconnects were in the “wrong” direction. 
Magnetic Footers
Springs are cheaper and better. Alternatively, you can build your own magnetic footers. It’s not rocket science. 🚀 
Is this the end of HEA?
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. High End Audio has precious little to do with equipment or cost. It’s actually surprisingly easy to assemble a very expensive Stereophile Class A system that sounds very generic, boring, two dimensional, ... 
Is it all in my head??
Kimber braided cables presumably reduce external noise, you know, from an engineering perspective. So where’s the beef? 🐂 
Skeptic or just plain hard headed
Makes sense. But seriously, has there ever been a “snake oil” audio product that was debunked? I tend to doubt it.  
Skeptic or just plain hard headed
Uh, I don’t think I’m going to watch that entire video just to get to his point about large cable companies. What is his point? 
Is it all in my head??
Polish the power cord plug blades? Oh, you mean like Audioquest polishes their silver or copper power cord conductors? AUDIOQUEST HIGH PURITY CONDUCTORS - PERFECT-SURFACE SILVER (PSS)Perfect-Surface Technology applied to extreme-purity silver prov... 
All Kit are Band-Aids
I hate to judge before all the facts are in but it appears mass hysteria or “psychological ops” or whatever as it pertains to Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, The Doors, Led Zeppelin, The Beatles and The Rolling Stones and other Rock and Roll perform... 
Is this the end of HEA?
glubson, What I think your analysis of the “shift to low mass uncomplicated and less expensive systems” ironically and mysteriously overlooks is the primary reason for such a shift - sound quality! Hel-loo! Nobody is suggesting we go back to liste... 
Sound Quality of red book CDs vs.streaming
Just for the record (no pun intended) the pleasure center of the brain 🧠 🕺🏻could not care less whether the sound is coming from speakers or headphones. Once the sound gets into the ear canal everything is up for grabs. Music soothes the savage bre... 
Sound Quality of red book CDs vs.streaming
Has anyone else noticed that quite a few hi res downloads are aggressively compressed? It seems inescapable, even SACDs, and Japanese SHD CDs and Blu Ray. I mean, what’s the point? 
Whats playing on your system today?
Led Zeppelin first, cassette, paper label. Whoa, Daddy! 
Why Power Cables Affect Sound
We want headhunters who taste good not headhunters with good taste or shrinking violets.  
Sound Quality of red book CDs vs.streaming
Of course headphones cannot project that big soundstage way out in front of you like speakers can (ideally) but on the plus side headphones can be very transparent and provide that special you are there sound with the right recordings. The perform... 
Why Power Cables Affect Sound
You will have to click on whichever power cord type you wish to go to the write-up. For example, click on Storm Series, then click on Dragon High Current or Hurricane High Current or Hurricane Source.