What makes the biggest difference in sound quality?

Once you get the room right, with a bunch of Ethan’s acoustic panels, it does not really matter what speakers and gear you use. It will sound fabulous! 🙄🙄🙄

Walmart $49 DVD player, kiddie ladders as “speaker” stands, etc. It will all sound the same as a $xxxx,xxx,xxxxx system

This went way better than I anticipated!

Fuses of course, start off with a good set and plan your entire system around them. Everything else in your setup is a virtual afterthought………..;)

The purple is an amazing fuse. It’s on par with my DIY fuse as far as clarity/distortion goes, but it has a more vivid timbre in comparison.

The DIY fuse has a richer presentation of the mids, the Purple is bit more balanced across the spectrum. Pianos especially stand out in every quality recording.

Overall a very nice fuse, and is definitely going to be a great upgrade on most HiFi systems 👍

1. Quality of Recording
2. Overall placement, rack & cable management.

Assuming that folks are happy with their gear, they experiment with cables. Most often the result is a mishmash of kit cross talking affecting each other.

Ted's products are innovative, and almost always improve the sound. (tried with my Devialet/Boenicke combo), but are very awkward to manage.

As most of the competition, they are contributing to the mess. Improving on ergonomics is the next step.