Reading through this thread and several other threads here in the Audiophiles section I've noticed similar pattern running through these threads.
On one side there are the people who claim to hear differences in the sound of their system as a result of all kinds of tweaks. These differences range from slight improvements to "oh my god" major improvements. On the other side are the people who claim that these tweaks cannot possibly make any difference in the sound of one's system. I would like to land somewhere in the middle of these two belief systems. Namely that these tweaks might make a difference but, at best, it is going to be a very small difference and that difference may or may not be an improvement. For example take power cords. Why would a high end audio equipment manufacturer trying to build a cost no object, state of the art piece of equipment not go through the trouble of providing the best sounding power cord? Simple because power cords do not make much of difference. Beyond the class of tweaks concerned with proper system setup most tweaks offer little in way of improvement. Tweaks, like everything else in audio, fall victim to the old law of diminishing returns and adding more and more tweaks will not result in additive improvements. So tweak to your heart's content. However please don't tell us how this or that tweak made a HUGE improvement and then try to back up your claim with pseudo-science. Most of the real science only proves that, at best, the tweak can only make a very minor difference and that difference may or may not be an improvement. -- ralphpnj Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels -> Snatch -> The Transporter -> Transporter 2 (oops) -> Touch 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/jazzfann/) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ralphpnj's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10827 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93236 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
