well yeah, true,, what happened is that I bought the pure copper IC terminals from chian,,over paid, now I know,,$120 for the 4,,, another seller has them for $60/4 ends..anwyway,,had these copper ends sitting,,and ask my tech guy to pick outa high tech cable,,so i went for the super duper thich wire, with silver plated copper,,anyway,,long story short,, the chinese generic's sounded superior,, that WAS that,, out $350,,,now I surfed ebay,,came across the navship IC's,...hummm, looks interesting,,, figured he'd take them back = no loss on me...wow, surprise,,,had to ck all my refernce cds to make sure i was unbiased and not * really truly hearing* a gain,
So after 4 ref cds, 2X's each,,,it was clear and a sound result. No doubt, these IC's really made my system come to life,, Now the Sparksolab Descrete Opamps, all the Mundorf caps in the cayin, Pre and defy, + new tubes, + Teles in the AU/AX section,,all can dance and sing , all b/c the IC's opened the doors for those electrons to pass through freely, delightfully.
I plan to makea topic on that subject.
Something along the idea,,we have all these mods, tube rolls, new components,, etc,,but all have to pass through ~~A~~ if not ~~THE~~~ most over looked/least considered component, = the IC cable.
I was completely unaware of how the IC cable affects the sonics, either for the better or the worse.
I always used generic's, , well actually i've been out of hifi since 2008,, as katrina hit my home, luckly had the stereo on 2nd floor, and now having sold my Lakeview home,,have the cash to play with audio stuff, so aIC's are a new thing , as now having completed all the mods in the Cayin , Defy7.
This is where i am at, not having tested other IC's. just saying, I've found the IC that works best for me, and have no interest in hearing any others.
as i KNOW what i am hearing.
= ~Don;'t get no better~
Nice day
So after 4 ref cds, 2X's each,,,it was clear and a sound result. No doubt, these IC's really made my system come to life,, Now the Sparksolab Descrete Opamps, all the Mundorf caps in the cayin, Pre and defy, + new tubes, + Teles in the AU/AX section,,all can dance and sing , all b/c the IC's opened the doors for those electrons to pass through freely, delightfully.
I plan to makea topic on that subject.
Something along the idea,,we have all these mods, tube rolls, new components,, etc,,but all have to pass through ~~A~~ if not ~~THE~~~ most over looked/least considered component, = the IC cable.
I was completely unaware of how the IC cable affects the sonics, either for the better or the worse.
I always used generic's, , well actually i've been out of hifi since 2008,, as katrina hit my home, luckly had the stereo on 2nd floor, and now having sold my Lakeview home,,have the cash to play with audio stuff, so aIC's are a new thing , as now having completed all the mods in the Cayin , Defy7.
This is where i am at, not having tested other IC's. just saying, I've found the IC that works best for me, and have no interest in hearing any others.
as i KNOW what i am hearing.
= ~Don;'t get no better~
Nice day