Jfz and Jbrrp1: Thanks for the feedback. I know of one audiophile who recently tried a new Gold Statement X2 and two audiophiles who have the Diamonds. In both cases they rave about 'the final bits' of performance improvements over the most recent Gold Statement PCs. For me, I cannot go to the X2 and even more so, the Diamonds, but it's nice to dream! The great thing about the latest Gold Statement PCs is that I don't have the feeling I am missing anything as what I hear out of my system is well beyond any expectation I ever had.
The comment about Elrod cables being equivalent to a component upgrade is right on the money. After years of trying many things, my best advice is to get to the point where you know your system extremely well and are very happy with it having the best components you can muster. Once you know what you have well, adding Elrod's cables is an amazing experience as (for me) it showed me just what my speakers and components were capable of after I was already extremely happy with them.
Two in particular stand out for me namely, my speaker's performance with Elrod Sig. Gold speaker cables, and that of my pre-amp. As incredible as the PC upgrades on my DAC and amp have been, nothing prepared me for the treat of hearing a pre-amp I love (Esoteric C-03,) imbued with tube pre-amp like qualities thanks to the Gold Statement PC.
The same comments hold for the Gold Statement XLR interconnects; after years of bouncing around various mid to very high-end interconnects, I can tell you that to my ears there is something very special happening with Elrod interconnects...
Elrod cables are well worth the wait...once you have them, you'll not be looking for anything else! All of this is of course, an audio-nut's opinion!
The comment about Elrod cables being equivalent to a component upgrade is right on the money. After years of trying many things, my best advice is to get to the point where you know your system extremely well and are very happy with it having the best components you can muster. Once you know what you have well, adding Elrod's cables is an amazing experience as (for me) it showed me just what my speakers and components were capable of after I was already extremely happy with them.
Two in particular stand out for me namely, my speaker's performance with Elrod Sig. Gold speaker cables, and that of my pre-amp. As incredible as the PC upgrades on my DAC and amp have been, nothing prepared me for the treat of hearing a pre-amp I love (Esoteric C-03,) imbued with tube pre-amp like qualities thanks to the Gold Statement PC.
The same comments hold for the Gold Statement XLR interconnects; after years of bouncing around various mid to very high-end interconnects, I can tell you that to my ears there is something very special happening with Elrod interconnects...
Elrod cables are well worth the wait...once you have them, you'll not be looking for anything else! All of this is of course, an audio-nut's opinion!