Congratulations Jeremy and Darren in pushing ever onwards with improving your infrastructure and hence your sound quality.

My starting point had been a disappointment with the imaging abilities of the 8kSEs and also with a lack of presence. The steps I have taken which I outlined above have addressed that issue but I have discovered that there was further to go.

Out of idle curiosity, but with no sense of expectation, I decided to try a tweak which I had read about long ago, so long ago that I do not remember where the idea originated. I bought some foam water-pipe lagging (insulation) of generous diameter and cut it into short lengths. These I wrapped around my SL cables and power cords at regular intervals so that each cable no longer touched the ground, the equipment or other cables. The improvement in sound quality that resulted was significant, most notably an increase in clarity and presence. If I was starting again I think I would try this first before making any expensive investments in infrastructure. The whole exercise only cost a few pounds, dramatically less than exotic cable risers.

I realise that this description makes me sound as though I am suffering from an acute case of audiophilia nervosa!



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