Is it all in my head??

Who cares if he 'believes? This is not a Revival Meeting. If what he has is all he wants..No need to ply him with toys to up the ante!  
I think I am going to make my 'New Year's Resolution" to stop posting in cable threads.. LOL

True Elizabeth, but Walkerland is ground zero for elderly ignorance .When I was trapped there the Journal ran a piece on their first big poll back in "33 . Adolph got 29 % of vote in Berlin and 40% in MKE .Not that I believed it myself , 40 % was surely way low .

A few weeks ago, I removed the power cord of my Ayre amp and replugged it into the socket...about 6 feet away.  Suddenly the system sounded MUCH better.  ....went the other direction and plugged the amp into a socket on the farther side, and it closed down and just sounded "very good" again.  All three sockets had Meistro sockets installed. 

Elizabeth, it is easier to simply ignore the naysayers. I enjoy your posts, and so much appreciate your enthusiasm as a music listener. You, I and others are enjoying our money spent with after market power cords ( I still enjoy building them ), and you, I and others know what we are hearing. This is no different than hearing the difference between 2 different tubes. I wonder what would happen if these same naysayers went on a tube thread ( of which there are many ) and ranted that the differences heard between 2 tubes ( in the same circuit, of course ), might actually be in the imagination of the listeners. I really do not know why these naysayers keep at it, or why these differences we hear exist ( electrically or mechanically speaking ). I had my 1st system before some of these naysayers were born. I developed a love for this hobby. I placed myself in the business because I loved it. I trained my ears, and brain, to listen to the plethora of gear available, and to decipher various aspects of recorded music reproduction. I was a singer in a short lived band, and spent many years in a chorus. This, too, was a great learning experience, as it helped me ( in my teens and early twenties ) with the greater understanding of imaging, spatiality, depth, and the recreation of soundstage. It is when I knew, " dynamics ", was an area of sound reproduction that mattered a great deal to me. So, I have owned horns for over 40 years ( and oh, so much more ). My point ? They can say all they want about our imaginations. I will ignore them, their ignorance, and their fallibility when it comes to high end audio. Enjoy ! MrD.