Nuforce

It will take more than 75 hours if all the parts are new. More like 250. The highs should be there then and they probably sound a little compressed right now. 10 days 24/7 then let us know what you think. As far as comparing the Speltz anti ic's and the Signal Silver's on analog, it will never happen here at least in the near future. I can see where the Signal Silver's could sound better on analog though. Midrange on the Nuforce 9.02's were lean with most other cables on my cdp. The Speltz anti ic's really filled in the mids without compromising the highs and rolling them off. The micro detail and black background is more in line with reference ic's. The DIYer's are giving the big boys a run for there money on cables these days. Talk about a budget reference system, Nuforce and Speltz is where I would start at least on the digital side anyways. The money you save here will afford you a better cdp and I would also recommend not keeping that cdp stock for very long.

Mmakshak and Jp1208, as you know I too am very impressed with the Speltz cables and consider them potentially a best buy of this century in the audio industry.

Since the Speltz made my old pair of $3500 ics sound veiled in the highs and bloated in the bass, I suppose I could say a pair of Speltz Anti-ICs are worth at least 35 times their sale price.

However, there are a few even better performing scs and ics that are still quite reasonably priced.

For example the Audio Tekne ics and scs provided me a significant improvement over the Speltz' cables including a nice doze of musicality. Considering the outrageous prices of some cabling, the Audio Teknes which are one of the very best I've heard to date, should also be considered a tremendous bargain. Especially when the Tekne's performance appears to be without compromise.

Moreover, the Teknes are a beatiful match with the fabulous Nuforce SEs.

If you should ever try them, keep in mind they will sound like a pair of poorly engineered silver ics for the first 100 or so hours.

-IMO

I recieved a pair of 9.02's yesterday. Supposedly partially broken in. First impression, really quiet, pretty dynamic, they're good but I'm not sold yet. One issue is the EMI/RFI.

Couple of questions.

What changes can I expect after full break-in? How can I cut the EMI/RFI noise? What power cables work well with them?

Where and how is the noise manifesting?

As soon as I turn on the amps my Squeezebox picks up static and all of the baby monitors go to full-blown, loud, static.

My serious listening is done via my cd player, but I love & don't want to give up the Squeezebox for casual listening. Also, most of my serious listening is at night after the kids & wife go to bed. My wife won't like a loud, staticie (sp?) baby monitor in her ear all night.

The Squeezebox is on the same dedicated circuit. The monitors are in other parts of the house.

After listening some more, the low noise of the units really lets a lot of detail come thru that I didn't know was there. Plus I've never heard such tight bass from my Vandersteens.