Cable Snake Oil Antidote

Wow, and I thought I could just put a CD on and enjoy my music (McIntosh and Salon's). Thought my system sounded good, but now I think my cables may be running backward, my system out of phase, messed up polarity, dry contacts (no paste), stock fuses everywhere, lack of cable elevators, etc. I can't even listen to that stuff anymore. 

Tobor007

Don't forget those new cryoed duplex receptacles too......

@geoffkait - there's only one confused around here and it is not me.

Polarity is irrelevant to phase discussion.

Whatever you say, boss.

ieasley, it's important, but probably not the most important feature. Lots of speakers have been built with that as a chief priority. Their performance was meh. Even Theil went out of business. Others have made the sole focus of their effort nearly ideal impulse response. Again, uninspiring results. The virtues you speak of are big priorities of mine. That's why I like my Focals. Their phase performance is decent, but there's better. They do imaging very well though.