if everything sounds great its time to sell it off and build another system.
or….
if there is a roll of dough burning a hole in your pocket, its time to learn firs hand just how much real snake oil, if any, is out there and begin buying different wires.
before you begin, ensure you are using the exact same playlist for all of your appraisals.
speaker wires should be the first area for initiating the destabilization of one’s mind.
experiment accordingly.
Power cords next.
start at the source and work right straight thru to the amp and or spkrs if they too are active.
you should by now know every note on every tune compiled in your playlists.
Main ICs next if separates or various sources are on hand.
if you are on schedule its been about a year so you will know you are making progress if by now your cuing up playlist begins to nauseate you before you are finished listening to it.
next, begin appraising source ICs
by now sheer exhaustion should have set in from all the ‘cabling’ auditions you’ve endured in those late night sessions.
being a committed, or perhaps soon to be committed, audio nut, to overcome any lack of sleep, you’ve laid in an abundant supply of Expresso and duct taped the remote control to your hand to prevent it from further damage by hitting the floor..
next, its time to revisit those speaker cables.
the earmark of studius progress will likely be projecdtile vomitiing during or before the playlist begins.
to know when you are completely done use a mirror and examine your image. it should appear harrowed and thin with dark circles under the eyes. hair should either be gone or greying and unkempt.
for final confirmation, open your banking app and examine your account, it should look similar.
violin!
finis