Regarding the Plasmatron, it may not be a silver bullet improvement in all systems. Steve can now count me as one who owned one and tried it with two different DAC's (
BADA DAC II, Audio Note 4.1)
and sold it off. I preferred the sound as fed from my HB Cable Designs Acrylic instead. The Plasmatron, in my system, tended to slow the sound, round the transients too much, and made for a duller, more opaque presentation that was uninvolving.
I don't doubt others' positive experiences, but mine was decidedly different.
I don't doubt others' positive experiences, but mine was decidedly different.