Rlawry, I got a new music server and have had some problems, but now have it working. In our efforts to find out what the problem is, I just put old black heavy duty power cords on the dac and the server.
I sounded very good but a little edgy. Yesterday, I put two new HFC CT-1 UR Helix pcs on. I sat back in disbelief. Once again I got the total silence between the notes, amazing detail in the sound stage, defined bass, a sweet top end, and utter transparency. Yes the new power cords are nearly four times the price of the server, but together they give a sound that far surpasses even the best sound I have ever heard live even in great halls, because I am hearing the sound where the mikes are rather than back thirty rows.
I should say that my patient wife just shakes her head at all these HFC pieces all on isolators. It kind of looks like a prototype of a warp drive.