I'll stray away from the primary topic for a moment. Lak burned in my Afterburner 8 AC receptacle on his Audio Harma cooker for 160 hours and I sincerely appreciate his kind favor. For 79 dollars this is a very worthy product and on par with the SR Red fuses in terms of genuine sonic impact. I can easily compare it to my standard outlet in the same wall,. The Afterburner 8 is clearly an improvement, jaw dropping? No, but unquestionably superior sound quality.
As with the SR Red fuses it doesn't change the innate system character but it does improve the clarity, openess and there's more ambience retrieval and nuance. The generic outlet is by comparison marred by a thin layer of haze and hash. This isn't apparent until you use the Afterburner 8 receptacle, then it is obvious. I use the Tripoint Troy which is a passive grounding device that plugs into a wall receptacle for grounding purposes. The Troy is clearly better sounding when plugged into the Afterburner 8.
The main effect with the SR Red fuses and the Afterburner is increased purity of the sound. This further improves the musical engagement, naturalness and realism, which is my objective, the presentation is very organic, tonality and timbre are superb. If you're very happy with your system and have no desire to change the components, these two products will help you get the most out of your present system.
The ROI is exceptionally high without question. Two products for less than 100 dollars each that truly make a very noticeable improvement. The next step is to put the SR Red fuse in the DAC.
Charles,
