"As far as "gain" I am perplexed. I never had a problem with gain at all. You should contact Rick and HFC and talk to him about it. He is very willing to help in anyway he can.
The one thing I have noticed about the HFC Cables is that they lower the noise floor by a huge amount and allows me to turn the volume up to levels I could never do before. Before at those levels there was too much noise along with the music."
Al, this is EXACTLY my experience.
"Also after the HFC has been connected and then you replace it with the HD, the HD will benefit from the Magnetic Conduction of the HFC for a while. More right away and then it will diminish over a short period of time (hours not minutes).
This just my understanding and experience."
Al, this is ALSO my experience, swapping "other" cables, besides HD.
Magnetism plays a very mysterious role in electronics.
The one thing I have noticed about the HFC Cables is that they lower the noise floor by a huge amount and allows me to turn the volume up to levels I could never do before. Before at those levels there was too much noise along with the music."
Al, this is EXACTLY my experience.
"Also after the HFC has been connected and then you replace it with the HD, the HD will benefit from the Magnetic Conduction of the HFC for a while. More right away and then it will diminish over a short period of time (hours not minutes).
This just my understanding and experience."
Al, this is ALSO my experience, swapping "other" cables, besides HD.
Magnetism plays a very mysterious role in electronics.