Tweaks ay ......

igglebert:

dim_span:

so my question: is it worth spending the additional £400 for minor changes?

That depends entirely on what the changes are and how they fit into the sound of your system. With experimentation it seems that I get my best sound with a Chord Chameleon Silver+ between pre and power, and an SHB between CDP and pre. The SHB tones the bass down perfectly to get rid of an annoying room reinforcement I was getting. In this case I'm lucky that I managed this for £30.

Try a decent Nordost Iggs, a Heimdall or suchlike, and a Shiva mains to boot. Seriously nice. Much better than the Chord.

And I'm a big fan of tweaking, especially to a sound you already like, it mostly pays off. A new CDP for me would cost several thousand, a new cable perhaps 1/20th of that.

I have found the Russ Andrews conditioners DON'T rob the dynamics ........ whereas the Isotek Sigmas I had previously definitely DID - so may be worth trying RA stuff if you want a conditioner......

BigAir:

I have found the Russ Andrews conditioners DON'T rob the dynamics ........ whereas the Isotek Sigmas I had previously definitely DID - so may be worth trying RA stuff if you want a conditioner......

With you BigAir on the opinion about RA and The Silencer. I had not heard of the negatives till I found this forum.

Hey folks!

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dsom:

Hey folks!

Have you ever heard of "Omicron Magic Dream" ? Well, Omicron is the brand name of the Italian producer of the stuff I'm gonna tell you about. They produce amplifiers, cd players, loudspeakers, etc. as well.  But the thing is they produce something which is hard-to-believe! It's called "Magic Dream" !! This thing works as a harmonic stabilizer. You can simply put it on top of any cd player, pre-amp, power-amp, integrated amp and so on. And, it reduces the inner vibrations produced by the toroidal transformer. The results are incredible. I actually got  more authoritative low frequency range and a very open sound stage. Maybe, the most important thing is that this thing is adjustable. It has a bright yellow circle placed on its main body, and you can  rotate it 360 degrees. Well, actually you can get 360 different sounds I believe one of which could suit your taste. I got the most significant results when I placed it on the transformer on my amp, and the top of the cd transport mechanism on my cd player.

You can get more info on http://www.omicrongroup.net/products/accessories/mdevolution/

Come on!! Just don't humiliate it. My purpose was not advertising it actually. Don't worry about it I'm not working for that company However, if I was, I would definitely be sure that this forum was not to be the place