I
love going to Nordost booth. Not to learn about their products of course. But because they usually have a superb system with great demo clips and this show was no exception.
First track I heard was by one of my favorite artists with superb recording fidelity: Beat Hotel by Allan Taylor.
http://shz.am/t40458035
If you don't have his work, you need to rush out and get it!
Reproduction here was superb and
reference quality!
This was used to demonstrate little pyramids you put under the gear. They did an AB test but surprisingly, they did not pre-bias people before putting them under. To my ears then they sounded no different. After the fact the presenter asked for confirmation from crowd that it had made a big difference and unlike past shows when they pre-bias, I didn't see many heads nodding.
By the way, he said the most important tweak order was:
1. Power Cord
2. little cones or isolated cabinet/shelves
3. Interconnects
4. Speaker cables
He went so far as saying putting in their most expensive speaker wire before doing #1 and #2 was a waste of money.