New cables to come....

[prepress]

Earlier this week I was watching the Eric Clapton/Steve Winwood DVD of their Madison Square Garden concert and enjoying my favorite track, "Them Changes." And a bit past midway through the track I thought, "wow, this sounds good". And maybe it was there before (with my B&Ks, as opposed to the current Mac 501s) and I didn't notice, but I sensed a transparency I hadn't previously. Granted, this is a well-recorded DVD, but even so, if the system sounds this good with stock cords and my 2 Tripplites, do I really need to do anything else? If it weren't for that Cable Company credit that needs using, I might not.

So I'm researching (again ) and note that my Tripplite HT1210 (not 1012 as previously typed) offers 5700 joules of protection. I can't find this info for the Furman conditioners so far, but PS Audio's conditioners offer 7344 joules (even the little Duet). There are many options out there, not only for power cables but conditioners too. It's been well said that too many choices can be paralyzing, and the inability of the audio part of me (not as intense as most here, I think) to decide means I'm going to fall back on my practical side (my "Vulcan" half) to resolve this.