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DON'T ever do this...

You know the feeling. Everything's going great. Your stereo sounds awesome, and you're happy. You're thinking, "wow, how could this be better?". Of course, that little thought starts the wheels churning...

You have a source, line stage, and amplifier. You are running two different IC's between them. You think "what if I swap the two to see how it sounds?"

Dum dum dum duuuuum...It's horrible! You've lost bass, fullness, voices are thin and sibilant.

Well, switch them back and everything will be alright, you say to yourself. You know you can't...you're thinking, one of the IC's is a "weak link"...you must purge it and try new cables again...AARRGH!

Anyone try Madrigal CZ Gel or XLO reference 4 IC's? Let me know.

"If it ain't broke..."
mapleleaf

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gunbei
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With two sets of speaker cables, two interconnects, three different digital cables, and inumerable isolation tweaks, I'm still able to remember what worked where. Most of the time.

However, you guys must have so much gear and associated stuff it would make me dizzy. The bug we have doesn't allow us to sit and enjoy. We have the "What If..." disease.

Oh and sorry, I haven't tried any of the cables you're considering. The bug only bit me a year and a half ago.
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