Biggest Sonic Improvement

My Biggest Sonic Improvement was when I moved up my speakers from Energy to Martin Logan. Even though there were a lot of other things that help me improve my sound but nothing compare to a brand new pair of speaker. The Bass was more on the Energy but now with Martin Logan the bass is actually more cleaner and tigher. So for me was a new paif of speaker.

Good post Slowhand. 1. After installing a dedicated AC system (and ground), my system was much too bright. Installing Synergistic Research Master Couplers on amp and pre-amp corrected this such that music quality/character became great. 2. Replacing Muse M-2 DAC with ML 360S DAC.

Living in a condo, with horrible power, I've found a Chang Lightspeed 9600 ISO was a HUGE upgrade for a little investment. The noise was completely gone, bass was tighter and more abundant, soundstage opened up, hell I love it so much I bought a 9900 amp for the high draw components in my home theater! (I'm still waiting to get a Ps audio for the low draw- I just can't see the ~$4000 they say I'd need for my system at this time) NOTE: "at this time"! I do love this hobby!

Black Diamond - those things under speaker spikes. Yes, you can't believe teh difference. I am surprised there isn't more out there on this tweak.

I had to hear for myself what SACD sounds like, so I drove an hour to a dealer. It took less than 5 minutes to realize that SACD represents the biggest sonic improvement I've ever heard from a single change or am ever likely to hear--short of virtual reality. Over time, as the quality of SACD mastering improves, just as it did with 16/44.1 standard, we can expect wonders to be everyday occurances. Many early adopters describe their good fortune on audioreview.com. In my own system, it would have to be going from stock cords to custom powercords--proving that cords are components too.