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Power cords
Ptrck887:You certainly have excellent cables and so what you read from someone else may or may not apply to your system .A few suggestions:You are going to have to audition any new cords in your system. The Cable Company has the lending library ap... 
Send Inlets to be Cryoed
Cryogenics International in Scottsdale Arizona has Cryo treated many parts including an entire amplifier for me. This is the company that Alan Kafton uses. There are some things not to cryo such as items that are glued with epoxy and some types of... 
Hi Fi Tuning Supreme fuse-Burn In?
auxinput:A very nice description of just some of the changes that can be made to improve the sound a fuse imparts on a piece of equipment. The main point to me is that all the power goes thru the fuse and different fuses can have a significant aff... 
Perfect Path Technologies: Omega E mat
Twenty Four hours after two E- Mats were placed on top of Mother's Sonos Sound Base, her audio visual system has taken a definite step up in improvement. The sound is more relaxed and there is much better 3D effect to match the image on the TV scr... 
Perfect Path Technologies: Omega E mat
Today three more E- Mats arrived for Mother's system. She already has one on the apartment circuit breaker box, one on top of the Pass Lab DAC, and one on top of the Pass Lab First Watt amp. All component's are already on Synergistic Research Tran... 
Replacing generic RECEPTACLES
boxe12:Congratulations on the upgrade. Your Synergistic Red outlet will continue to improve over the next 100 hours. Adding a SR Blue outlet o feed the rest of the system is a great idea. The Blue will sound already partially broken right out of t... 
I just inherited 800-1000 CD's and a lot of them are filthy
I have found it best to use micro fiber cloths and not cloth towels.David Pritchard 
Perfect Path Technologies: Omega E mat
Well I have treated many of the electrical contacts  in my Honda Accord (including the battery terminals and speaker terminals ) with Total Contact and it did make a difference. I can not easily get to the electronics so no good way to try an Emat... 
Perfect Path Technologies: Omega E mat
I did find the Mats to sound slightly different whether the logo is pointing up or down. My suggestion is just to flip the Mat over after it has been in that place for 10 days and see is there is a difference. Some locations seem to have more of a... 
Headphone cable, what do you do?
Like almost everthing in Audio, if you are willing to pay you can get a longer Cable and one that will sound better. I suggest going to Head-FI . Org web site where all things headphones are discussed. Lot of threads on Cable up grades specific to... 
LampizatOr Amber II Fuse Location
rockyboy:Congratulations on your new Lampizator DAC. In my Antelope DAC and my PS Audio DAC, I have had a nice improvement using a Synergistic Research Blue fuse. They sounded good immediately upon installation and then improved over the next 10 d... 
Perfect Path Technologies: Omega E mat
The Synergistic Research Blue Outlet is a wonderful upgrade and only gets better over the next 10-14 days. The E Mat especially placed at thecircuit breaker box does improve the sound and pictures of all outlets in your house.  I do think the best... 
The most fun you can have in audio is DIYing your own speakers
Great work - rewarding - and better sound ! It's lot's of fun and satisfying to learn what you can do to improve a product.David Pritchard 
Perfect Path Technologies: Omega E mat
hifiman:I am glad to read the Omega E Mat has improved you audio system and your Television picture. This has also been my experience. If your family watches a lot of DVD's, a Mat on top of the DVD player gave my system a further improvement to au... 
High Fidelity Cables MC 1-PRO
lak:Very interesting that there is no change in the sound but I know you gave the Omega E Mat a fair audition. I do hope you will return it for a refund.David Pritchard