Anything you put under gear or speakers change the sound and hopefully a sound you will like. When someone designs an amp, pre, etc, I know they never use special feet, or power conditioners, they are designed as is. But stamp audiophile product on an accessory and some companies soak us. I see fuses now up to $2,000 or more, wall plates in the hundreds, power cords as much as an amp or a car in some cases. I believe in cables and good rack and amp stands, and even more so in a good solid-designed power cord. But this over-the-top marketing hype and BS really makes us look silly. Glennwick made a good point and likes always those who understand such things as a professional time and time again call out the BS we audiophiles don't have that experience of facts to fiction. I watch Garth at AQ on youtube and all the sales pitching he does which is great for AQ, none what he says does he prove where those with scopes and gear to measure find what he says 100% totally wrong, and in fact, the battery packs add noise and not taken it away, Audioholics does an education video on their cables as well as others and not to pick on them but to call them out and their marketing lies. If you buy something and you enjoy then by all means do it, but be smart and penny-wise.
