Ozzy, I hadn't thought of putting a Power chip inside my PS Audio Power Plant, but thanks for the suggestion! I'm sure that'll improve it as well! I'm going to swap out the outlets on my older PS Audio for the Synergistic Research outlets on one duplex and a PS Audio outlet (current version) on the other duplex. I have the older orange outlets on my Power Plant P300 and I'm sure they dull the sound a bit: when I had a Power Plant before, it had blue outlets on them, not the orange ones (which are older - and, I think, softer-sounding). One would assume PS Audio's thinking on outlets has changed as they're in their 3rd generation of power outlets, so I'm guessing that improving the outlets will improve the sound on top of putting the Power chip in there.
Did it seem to any of you that the sound got louder, even though you hadn't touched the volume button? I looked at the position of the volume control, even though I hadn't come near it (I thought perhaps I brushed against it while moving the CD player placement slightly, but i hadn't). The sound was unambiguously louder or perhaps I should say it was signal-to-noise volume that made it seem louder. But it seemed like the actual volume went up.
Tbg...WOW. You built your tube traps?!?!?!?!? You GO, man!!! But what are "Ziplex" bowls?