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RE: Interesting, "without a shadow of a doubt",

"and what do you attribute that to?"

Erm, because there is a distinct difference in the signature of the sound?

One way is more etched with perhaps better separation of instruments but the other has a fluidity and is more emotionally engaging. I prefer the latter, but isn't that what anybody would want from their music?

I say it's a question of taste because I can imagine many audiophiles preferring the former, just as I did for a little while. However, I'm always challenging my subjective viewpoint and, when it comes to tweaks, I stop actively listening to the sound and just try to get a feel for how my body/emotions are reacting over a longer time frame. I get this impression that audiophiles are too 'into' their gear, their expenditure, and the assumptions they've made about the hobby, often affected by hype, that they end up limiting the potential of their systems in providing genuine musical pleasure.

Precision is all well and good, but not at the cost of toe-tapping rhythm and getting a sense for the emotional cues (which I'm finding ever more of in the subtle fluctuations of the tones within the music - aka transparency?). I know well the difference tweaks can make to this balance - ever since I got into this hobby I've been battling unnatural 'precision' caused by electrical interference and resonance, often subtly over-damping things. I've found the journey quite mind-blowing, in fact. Fuse direction reminds me of trying to decide which direction of speaker cable (VenHaus CHeLA) I preferred - I went for the way that was less precise and more fluid sounding.

I'm getting very close now to fully enjoying the music without feeling that I'm listening to electrically reproduced sound, and my source, amp and speakers have remained a constant from the beginning. All my tweaks and cables have seriously refined things but it's the culmination of lots and lots of little steps, most recently of which being this fuse orientation business. That's why I ask about the next step that might provide a similar subtle, but blatant (read absolute:), improvement.

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