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(Jolida) Black Ice Audio Foz SS-X Sound Enhancement
Follow-up:  This is arguably one of the best purchases, dollar-for-dollar, I have ever made in audio with the best benefit ratio and enjoyment factor of any component.  It has completely exceeded my expectations and the magic simply has not worn o... 
(Jolida) Black Ice Audio Foz SS-X Sound Enhancement
Thanks for the comments. Good observations. It would be really hard for me to give up the Maggies. I wanted them in the worst way since the early salad days when I first heard them powered by Audio Research. I knew I wanted tubes and Maggies. I wa... 
(Jolida) Black Ice Audio Foz SS-X Sound Enhancement
Agreed.  I am one of them.  I spent good money on a very revealing all tube system for those same reasons.  I'm just stuck in a small room and my 3.7s can't disappear due to the physical limitations of placement and can't generate quite enough bot... 
(Jolida) Black Ice Audio Foz SS-X Sound Enhancement
It only affects the bottom end.  There is no affect beyond at all. It simply warms up the bottom end with a 9db plus (or minus) adjustment which I needed.  It is very satisfying and nothing like a traditional equalizer.  The device itself is flat ... 
(Jolida) Black Ice Audio Foz SS-X Sound Enhancement
I also want to add that my Stax SRM-MKII with Lambdas now sound rich.  They are notoriously bass shy.  Not anymore.  Also, the enhancement circuit works wonders with them too.   “Oh, waitress!” 
Is it time to just quit?
@jafant Many thanks for the welcome. I just posted my second post in umpty-umph years on this forum regarding the Jolida SSX I just received. It’s the first component I’ve purchased in as many years. To answer your question, I listen to Classical ... 
Is it time to just quit?
Elizabeth, you are one of the few people whose posts I always read. To provide my humble input to your post, I have the same system I assembled in 1991 starting with Cary Audio’s Tubed Class A Preamp and Monoblocks with Maggies 3.7s. Tubes and Rib...