cheapest cable upgrade ever

It’s not a solid core. They use what they call fractal wire. But it does contain a Zobel type network inside the ends.

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Best I know the Zobel is for impedance matching. I use a SteinMusic Speaker Match for the same purpose. The litz has a weaker effect because of lesser skin effect. If you feel pesky, try on the ethernet connection on the streamer. Max effect after ca 2 h

Ok I tried this crazy tweak on my less revealing second system placing the batteries “-“ to source on my AQ Carbon USB cable feeding my DAC.  Hard to wrap my head around another illogical tweak but this made a significant improvement.  Adding a pair of batteries at both ends improved it even more.  Bass improved, more clarity, fuller sound stage?  My Carbon cable is smelling like coffee now!  

Is it just my brain messing with me?  Even if it’s a placebo effect I’ll take it. Hard to explain but its working and those batteries aren’t going anywhere.  I will try it on my main system to see if any improvement can be had.  I’m wondering if your system is extremely revealing already if improvements are not noticed.   

Glad I gave it a try....cheapest cable upgrade for sure.

😱 OMG 😱 I tried this and it did absolutely nothing! But I at least I gave it a shot.

Hey if it works on your system that is awesome. 
 

Best regards. 

This actually sounds "reasonable" to me that this could work in some, but not all scenarios.  William E Low andl Richard Vandersteen have successfully marketed a similar (distant cousin?) concept for many years.  After I get a few things off my plate, I'd like to give it a try.  Who knows, antigrunge2 might inducted into Audio Hall of Fame for introducing this concept?

I also find it iinteresting that posts like things extract the worst behaviors from the Technomutants and Neadertweaks who hide in the bushes waiting to ambush those who don't agree with them.  They are terribly offended when someone doesn't ask their permission before experimenting with something new.  They rush onto the scene posing as superheros protecting us from psuedoscience.  But, I don't quite understand why they are so anxious to broadcast to the high end community that they have huge gaps in their knowledge base, and how little they actually know about high performance audio.  Maybe trying posting how smart they are on the quilting forum, or ingrown toenail forum?  I'll be they'd think they're really smart there.  Sorry, we're just not buying it.

It's called "intellectual humility".  Example:  "Hey, I tried this thing and it seemed to make my system sound better.  I'm not sure why it works, but I like it!"  Antigrunge2 has intellectual humility.  Give it a try sometime?

@ antigrunge2:  Thanks for the post.  It was a great representation of why we are here.