G, I don't have to tell you how frustrating audio can be. Sometime ago i was getting a fair amount of praise from my visitors. Then I started chasing my tail with a hum in the system, for some reason my aurealis cables with eichmans were contributing to the problem. Dont know why, but after messing around with power cables for ages, a different set of ic's between my pre and radford resolved it.
For awhile i was happy, as i'd seemingly resolved an annoying issue. But,,, something wasn't quite right.
Guess what, those IC's I put in are "dark" and it doesn't agree with my system. I didn't realise it at the time, as I was focussing on the hum issue. My new aurealis IC's arrived today with valab connectors, and bang, I have found the magic.
Not even run in yet, I'm thrilled with the sound I'm getting. Bloody good cables, IMHO.