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Cable elevators
Impress your friends. Use Champaign goblets.  Glass is an even better and more consistent dielectric. Just don't admit they came from Ikea for $12 a 6-pack as of course, they can't sound as good as Waterloo crystal.  :)  In reality, if you believ... 
USB CD Transports
"Different" is not always a good thing.  I dumped all my CD players long ago.  There are issues: All RIP software does not verify it was read correctly or check a CRC against a known database.  All players do not behave correctly. Even ASIO or W... 
Power cable from wall socket to power strip
If you believe a power cable makes a difference, and you believe you hear a difference, then be happy.  I will not tell you what you can or can't hear. I am neither that arrogant nor disrespectable :) Now as both a subjective audiophile and an en... 
Best EXTERNAL DAC suggestions
I believe the CH-FI products have made great strides in the last couple of years, but still, I find my JDS Atom+ for all of $109 to still be a supurb DAC.  I really would like to hear an Aries II though.   I listen only to ripped CDs. ( JRiver, WA... 
What are your favorite songs or albums for illustrating a deep soundstage?
Harry James on Sheffield.  Direct to disk and then remastered on CD.  Recordings have the real ambience, not some artificial mix on a console.   
North Carolina Audio Club
Any further activity here?  I am somewhat interested, but way over in Hillsborough.  I am in the process of upgrading one more time before I am too old to hear the difference!