Do CD Transports benefit much from upgraded power cords?


Your experiences?

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@immatthewj 

Merry Christmas! 

Speaking of identifying gains or losses…I can only share my experience.

I believe self-awareness is a gift. Sometimes we wrestle with the desire for acute perception and clarity in evaluating gear, but it’s important to remember and rely on time and context to form meaningful impressions. Patience is the key in evaluating a piece of gear as sometimes subtle differences reveal themselves over days or weeks, not in an instant. Trusting your intuition over time often leads to better decisions. 

And Quest, regrettably, it isn’t a straight line. We often go through iterations of gear before finding the one that has the highest synergy. I come to realize, no single piece of gear will “fix” everything or provide an immediate revelation every time. When I hear incremental improvements, I celebrate those small wins as they are the steps toward your ideal sound. 

The fact that you’re enjoying the music and staying engaged in the process shows you’re already succeeding. Acute hearing is just one tool; your ability to connect emotionally with the music is far more important. By balancing curiosity with patience, you’ll continue to refine your system and deepen your appreciation for the journey. Keep at it—I believe you’re doing great!

 

@audphile1 +1, on clean power and power cords. The combination of them made a profound difference in my audio system. 

@lalitk "...but it’s important to remember and rely on time and context to form meaningful impressions. Patience is the key in evaluating a piece of gear as sometimes subtle differences reveal themselves over days or weeks, not in an instant."

 

+1

@lalitk "...but it’s important to remember and rely on time and context to form meaningful impressions. Patience is the key in evaluating a piece of gear as sometimes subtle differences reveal themselves over days or weeks, not in an instant.

+1

I find the first few hours after a cable swap to be a very inaccurate presentation of what the SQ will eventually be.  Especially with power cords.   The more time, the better.

I always have a good laugh when I read about A/B testing by the measurement crowd.  It’s obvious that they don’t know what they don’t know.

This hobby that we are in takes time to learn it. It takes patience, money , time, familiarity of components and speakers, even cables.One thing I realize even experienced reviewers they spend weeks or months before they make conclusions on their findings .So who am I to say in a week concludes that my new cables or components or speakers sound good. I invested time to listen from jazz , classical, vocal , country music how my systems sounds.

One of the reason why at Axpona they can’t maximize the sounds because of acclimation period needed.why Sunday is the best time to listen though I know they are only maybe 80% at their best.