Two years ago I attended the stereophile show in midtown Manhattan. I was checking out various rooms with speaker rigs and walked into one room that had some mobile fidelity speakers setup. So I asked one of the two spokespeople if they could play a cd for me, "sure no problem" the man by the souce replied. So as he went to place the cd on the tray, he placed this little white sleeve on top of it, I started laughing and asked him very sarcastically whats that audio voodoo and do they think it actually works, he claimed his friend thought it did
I got a good chuckle out of it, they seemed minorly amused by my reaction...I bet they thought I was an audio noob.
LOL...I'll never understand that kind of crap, pebbles to hold up wires, interconnects that are as thick as a python and $3000 power cords. It's nuts. I have a quail power cord, I paid like $8 for it, just for the heck of it. Do I notice a difference? Nope. Too many tangibles when you live in an apartment that's still wired to fuses. In terms of sound reproduction, I think speakers make the most difference, then the source. Cables? Eh, dunno...I do own a pair of cardas interconnects that cost me a pretty penny but I think I should sell them off...I just don't hear a difference and they are not very flexible.