Another example of improvement: last night I played some of Santana: Greatest Hits Live at Montreaux from 2011 via blu-ray. I was amazed to notice how real the percussion sounded, particularly Cindy Blackman-Santana's drum solo and the congas in "Jingo." Quite realistic, almost "in the room" level; in fact, on occasion the sound hit "in the room." Granted, it's a well-recorded blu-ray, but it didn't sound like this before.
I still have one Transparent HPPC cord I could trade towards another Premium, but there is no point and nowhere to use it anyway. Again, MAYBE I think about the IC move from Plus to Super, but I'm not sure I need to do that.
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SOTA, Grado, SME, Van den Hul, Gingko turntable setup; Pioneer Elite LD, BDP; Sony OLED TV; Magnum Dynalab tuner, antenna; MIT S-video cable; Pangea HDMI cables; DVDO video processor; McIntosh SACD, preamp, power amps; Telefunken Black Diamond preamp tubes; Kimber IC; Transparent IC, PC, SC; Mirage speakers; PS Audio, Shunyata PC; Audio Additives RCA caps; Furman power conditioning; Sanus: racks
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