I need help, my system died

You must have patience. Everything should return to as-was within ??? I've reached the point w/my various set-ups that if it sounds pretty decent, I'll not try to extract that last 2%. (Law of diminishing return kicks-in and I have other things to spend my $ on.) It will take awhile but everything should return. I have had the same experience and have learned from it. Try to relax. Bill

Did you change the orientation of your cables? If they were broken in, they were probably somewhat directional,perhaps you inadvertantly reversed a pair (or two?). Just a thought.

Definitely did not reverse the direction of my cables. They were left in place over the vacation and you really have to spend a lot of time to reverse 20ft cables. Also i checked to make sure that the phases were still proper and they are. Its amazing how much worse it is...

1st Ask yourself how the system sounded with the other cables you were demoing before...

Sometimes when you hear something that is better it puts your system sound in a different perspective. If this is not the case....

2nd What did you do over vacation? Did you goto many live shows? Did you attend any live concerts? There have been times in my life where I would go see a live event, and I was unable to listen to my system for several days because in contrast it could no compete to the wonderful live music I have heard. If this is not the case....

3rd Maybe your musical/hearing tastes are changing? There have been times that I have gotten to a point with my system and thought it seriously needed a change. If you do not think this is the case....

I personally think you need to move to something other than Satori speaker cables. Especially 20' of it. It is the serious weak link in your system right now and does not live up to your other components.

The other area which I think you can use some upgrading is AC cords. We can discuss this offline. I know an AC cord you would be very very interested in.

Your other issue could be your BMI Shark cord. That cord requires a freakin long time to break in (as you know), and I think if unhooked for an extended period of time, it may need just as long to break in again (maybe something to do with the Platinum).

Drop me an email or IM.

KF

Ahh the perils of Audiophilia!
Your friend inadvertently taken your Muse. Perhaps she liked his system better!!!!
Go to your local audio-nirvana haven and browse around... sneak up on some unsuspecting audiophile and suck out thier soul. (sounds very grisley... yes?) but be forwarned, bad Karma...
Yeah, I would attribute it to "bad cable" syndrome: You moved your stuff and especially moved all you cables a LOT. and that disturbed the Dakinis who live in your cables. They are on vacation... Take two asprin and go to bed. Ask the gods of audiophilia to return your Muse, and ask the Dakinis/ angels, fairies (politely and with great sincerity) to return