Doug
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Hey Will,
No, in fact, all of the things you mentioned have greatly improved. My conclusion is that our incoming AC must have some serious DC content. There seems to be no other explanation for this huge shift in sound quality.
My entire system seems to have taken a deep breath and gone into relaxed state where all struggles have disappeared. Resolution has jumped up many notches. Bass detail, which was already quite good, is now off-the-charts good. Textural and timbral accuracy has taken a huge leap forward. The sound stage, which was already very deep and wide, has increased in size and it is now saturated with air and warmth that I’ve never before experienced. Front stage to back stage incremental layering has become far more clear. Vocalists have taken on increased size and sound more real than ever. Dynamics were previously very impressive, but now they are even better. Cymbals, violins, snare drums, and other high frequency instruments are now presented with far more resolution and air, but also with greatly increased smoothness, warmth, effortlessness and ease. These improvements remind me of what occurred when I replaced my OPPO 205 universal player with a Jay’s Audio CD transport and a Denafrips Pontus DAC, but on a grander scale.
Oh, I almost forgot to mention that the large toroidal transformers in my CD transport and two power amps no longer turn on with a loud roar. When I hit the on switches now, all three pieces turn on silently, where before it was as if they were all stressing out and groaning over being asked to start making music.
And again, I can’t see any reasonable explanation for all of this outside of our AC being significantly compromised with harmful DC components. With clean AC, every piece of equipment in the system seems to be thriving. It feels like they’ve been healed from a horrible disease and are now free to live peaceful, happy, unhindered, productive lives.
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