Ok so my tech guy suggested I go back once more to make Double Blindly positive I am hearing what i **think/perceive/imagine** that i am hearing .
so feeling a bit lazy, I figured ok why not,,now i really was not sure if I heard what i heard,,so in went the DIY blue super thicks i made,,OK, not bad,, then his older high tech ICs someone gave him yrs ago, (they look from the 70's),,and told him these were hifi IC's..Not bad, not bad at all..These were 1 minute tests,, as i say feelinga bit desprsssed, I lost all interest in these shootouts,,back in the navships,, and as i say, you are not going to boost the hifi in your system by a **significant margin** , A Tweet is a tweek,, a mod is a mod,, a new component is a new component...= Each will result ina certian gain of fidelity/or loss of fidelity = add/take away coloration = lessen/add to the fq voicing.
Thats all we should expect from a IC shootout,. = a IC = a IC = a IC..
There is no IC that will trump all others bya significant margin,, a Modification might, = a new cap, a new resistor ,a new tube. That is to say a Tele AX/AU, I can hear a gain over all others, making that a tweek modification., = just more than a tweek, but not as significant as a component mod = New suilver or copper caps vs the stock paper/plastic film caps.
A new high tech cap is a modification,,not a tweek.
. A new preamp is a New Component modification
So to clarifiy
a) tweeks = miniscule (my baton Rouge tech guy taught me that term)
B) tweeks/modifications (Substantial gain overa regular tweek)
C) Modifications ( replacing stock/old parts adding new high resolution parts, caps, resistors, descrete opamps)
D ) New Component. (sometimes you win, sometimes you lose)
Bottom line navships in my imagination/short testing shootout, had the best draw on the gun.
Miniscule, but thats all we should expect froma IC shootout, which was IMHO a nice gain for the few bucks spend and can be consicered a tweek/mod.
My new DIY power cord 12 ga THHN strand was nothing more than a tweek. = no fidelity, yet making sure all my components receive all the juice they need vs that 10 hair thin stranded ~~MADE in China by the millions~~ 2 cent~~power cord.
That cord might be OK fora 8 watt SET amp, which really needs not much juice to function,,whereas a big trans amp, yeah, bring on the 12 ga THHN stranded cord.
So if you add navships IC to your system, please do not expect a miraculous gain in fidelity, If you do you will be disappointed. 1st get rid of a component that is not up to the level as other components,, then get navships IC.
