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Sound differences between Copper and Aluminum Bus Bar Electrical Panels
David, Check the TC thread.  I made the last post.   
Sound differences between Copper and Aluminum Bus Bar Electrical Panels
It's a basic question.  Yes there are probably better ways to improve your system.  I'm interest if anybody went this far to do it and what the results was. The Audio Bacon guys did this but haven't responded to this question on their website in o... 
New Tweak --- Its Fantastic
My "panel service" was finished yesterday.  An electrician and the power company met at my house at 9am.  The power company opened the meter and we went to town disconnecting the utility service, removing the conductive grease, pasting the TC on t... 
Sound differences between Copper and Aluminum Bus Bar Electrical Panels
Silver would be my preference.  Maybe we as audiophiles should approach a manufacturer and see what it would take. 
Sound differences between Copper and Aluminum Bus Bar Electrical Panels
David, I'm referring to the electrical panel bus bar.  In my Square D Homeline electrical panel, both the bus bar and grounding bus bar(s) are aluminum.  I have ask a few manufactures and I get a somewhat mixed response.  One says it's huge and th... 
New Tweak --- Its Fantastic
I did my panel in steps.  First the main breakers, then the bus bar and left side grounds, and finally the right side grounds.  Each step was a noticeable improvement in terms of noise floor reduction.  To finish my electrical panel, I have an ele... 
New Tweak --- Its Fantastic
Day eight for most of my system was yesterday. I had to unplug the system for a day because of thunderstorms. Before plugging and turning on everything, I treated my Uptone Audio JS-2 ps dc cable and pc the umbilical cable between my Ayon Audio S-... 
New Tweak --- Its Fantastic
Does music need to be played to effect the break-in of TC? 
New Tweak --- Its Fantastic
I added the TC to my Ayon Audio S-5 Network Player and the results are magnified.  The bass is more detailed and the soundstage is expanded further. It amazing how many details are obscured without the TC treatment and this is day one.  If you tre... 
New Tweak --- Its Fantastic
Put this this on my Tidal Audio Impact amp, speaker cables, power cord and XLR interconnects into amp and played music 12 hours later.  This is an outstanding contact enhancer. 
Best standalone music server?
If money is no object, the Ayon Audio S-5 Network Player/Preamp with direct Ethernet connection to a NAS drive with a single solid state drive is the best I've heard.  Very analog sounding. 
Ethernet Cable
The Synergistic Research UEF Ethernet transformed my system.  I'm sure having the grounding plugged into the SR Active Grounding Block SE had a significant impact.  Being able to voice the cable with the UEF Tuning bullets was very helpful.  This ... 
Tube Amp Questions
Tube amps have a beautiful sound to my ears as compared to solid state but certain manufactures run the power tubes at such a high voltage that tube life can suffer.  Tube replacement and the change in sound they experience over their useful life ... 
Who has heard the new Pass XA25?
I plan to audition this amp in the near future and will post my findings. 
Recommendations for music network player
My Ayon  Audio S-5 Network Player/Preamp feed by a QNAP NAS drive (single 2TB ssd hard drive)/Uptone Audio PS-2 sounds very analog like.  The SR Galileo UEF Ethernet cable between both pieces really brought the best out of my system.  Bear in mind...