Costrosk, thanks, you too made an excellent practical point of regular contact surface cleaning for ic's which many of us will overlook. Any gear would only be as good as its tarnished contact.
Like i said, it helps tremendously if you have a large circle of audiophile friends to swap and try out cables before deciding.
My attempt to try understand the price of a new pc is that a quarter of the money goes to materials; another quarter to marketing and the remaining half to skilled labor. If you ever have a chance to look inside one you might understand the skill required to handmake each, one at a time. Several pc maker cannot survive making just one product.
A gifted listener-audiophile is the worst combination for a person to be. He/she is hard to please for long. Because cables do sound differently with each equipment, such person's life can be a complicated one indeed! The blissfully "filtered" listener has far easier path leading to music enjoyment. Regards.
Like i said, it helps tremendously if you have a large circle of audiophile friends to swap and try out cables before deciding.
My attempt to try understand the price of a new pc is that a quarter of the money goes to materials; another quarter to marketing and the remaining half to skilled labor. If you ever have a chance to look inside one you might understand the skill required to handmake each, one at a time. Several pc maker cannot survive making just one product.
A gifted listener-audiophile is the worst combination for a person to be. He/she is hard to please for long. Because cables do sound differently with each equipment, such person's life can be a complicated one indeed! The blissfully "filtered" listener has far easier path leading to music enjoyment. Regards.