This is really a placeholder thread for ideas and thoughts on this concept, one that I fervently believe in, and have mentioned over and over again throughout my "interesting" audio forum years ...
I was just provoked to kick it off, because there are a couple of recent threads, here and at the "other place", which are part of the picture: Contact Enhancers, Hardwiring a complete system, Power cord and its effect, DAC design: the I/V stage. These are all aspects that can matter ... and what does "matter" actually mean? For me, that's the other side of the coin - it's not to get brilliant technical performance, that's measurable and good fodder for boasting about - its about what the other threads floating around are talking about, with people getting heated up: achieving "special" sound. Most know it when they hear it, the Austin Acoustic conversation is directly on this matter, and prior to that the kerfuffle about MasterBuilt cables kept things stewing awhile, which in turn arose from the visit to some ambitious Philippine systems, where a very positive reaction to the sound occurred.
So, I won't repeat myself here - the floor's open!
I was just provoked to kick it off, because there are a couple of recent threads, here and at the "other place", which are part of the picture: Contact Enhancers, Hardwiring a complete system, Power cord and its effect, DAC design: the I/V stage. These are all aspects that can matter ... and what does "matter" actually mean? For me, that's the other side of the coin - it's not to get brilliant technical performance, that's measurable and good fodder for boasting about - its about what the other threads floating around are talking about, with people getting heated up: achieving "special" sound. Most know it when they hear it, the Austin Acoustic conversation is directly on this matter, and prior to that the kerfuffle about MasterBuilt cables kept things stewing awhile, which in turn arose from the visit to some ambitious Philippine systems, where a very positive reaction to the sound occurred.
So, I won't repeat myself here - the floor's open!