Jadem6, I assume the audition you refer to was the one with my brother and myself. At this audition we were using the EPS-2S, the cord David Elrod designed for digital and low current devices. Since we were, in fact, performing the test on your SACD player our impressions are relevant however. I agree that the differences were minimal. My thoughts were that the Elrod was slightly more transparent and slightly less constricted. All three thought the NBS bettered the Elrod in the low frequencies. The Elrod bass performance has improved with further break-in. The EPS-2S should be mostly broken in now, I will come by again soon. I have an EPS-3S on the way and will, of course, bring that along too. The EPS-3 Series cords are designed for use with electronics with higher current demands. FWIW, I preferred the EPS-2S over the NBS for the qualities I have stated. I am accustomed to trading some bass performance for the qualities my tastes place a greater premium on. Differences were indeed minimal though, as previously noted. Round 2 should be interesting.
