Heaven or Hell

I say again Needfreestuff, I believe it's inconsistency in the quality of the AC powering your audio system that accounts for the alternating sound quality. Remember when the experts said the CD player was "perfect sound forever." Of course they were wrong. But, that makes me think, if only we all had "perfect AC forever." What a difference that would make in the sound quality we all hear from our systems. It would definitely improve the value.

I can remember discussing this topic with some audio friends back in the late '80s. It is certainly not new or an uncommon phenomena. Some of the things we listed as possible causes at the time were: air temperature, humidity, frame of mind, and quality of power coming in. (One buddy had a 1 Farad, that's right 1 Farad capacitor in his basement to filter incoming power. ) We also suspected that sometimes maybe capacitors in the amp/preamp take a set a different way once in a while and can make the music seem dull. (We had mostly tube gear).
I have a pretty constant turn on and warm-up routine for my equipment. It sits minimum 1 hour before I play anything. I will wait several hours if the equipment has been off for several weeks.

If you are technical rent a Fluke 43b power quality analyzer for a month (about$200) and connect it to the AC outlet.

You will be monitoring and logging everything about the AC.

This will tell you if there are any problems, and exactly what happens day to day.

No Z, I definitely did not call you a liar. How in the hell did you come to that conclusion?

Alls I can say is WOW you people have touch all the bases cross all the Ts and dotted the Is it seems that a dedicated line is in order and better line conditioning want to take time to thank all the people who responded to this thread especially the ones who gave me the best audiophile sound of all the sounds of laughter so I will leave you now with this one thought... HOW COME MY DOG DONT BARK WHEN YOU COME AROUND...thanks once again and be happy.