What are small gold colored "caps" that came in bag with perfect path products?

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millercarbon4,296 posts05-11-2020 6:53pm"....In other words the CD player is connected to the system, but not selected, and yet listening to the turntable the sound was better with these things on the CDP!...."

How can you put the caps on the CD player output if it's connected to the system? 

Because for like 20 years now they all have lots of extra plugs for surrounds and crap. You can see both the grounding and the cover type here in image 9, they're alongside the modded RCA outs that are connected in this photo. 

https://systems.audiogon.com/systems/8367#&gid=1&pid=9

Technically of course even with the interconnect disconnected the player is connected to the system as long as the power cord is plugged in. That's the way components work with power, neutral comes back to the conditioner, same conditioner everything is plugged into, everything is connected together. Same reason doing something on the panel or anywhere in the house affects the system. So its nowhere near as mysterious as I let on. That was just my usual trigger trolling. Usually catch at least a few bottom feeders, thought I had one but no, your question is legit. Oh well. Its a numbers game. 

Thanks for the opportunity to link to my system yet again. Eventually someone is bound to notice hey, that millercarbon guy he has a system, but the guy who posts 5x as often doesn't? ??? Never know. Could happen.

millercarbon4,299 posts05-12-2020 7:48am"Because for like 20 years now they all have lots of extra plugs for surrounds and crap...."

That's true for receivers but NOT true for CD players.

Great "explanation", as always...