Had a look at Hifi collective - wow what an Emporium!
Had a bit of a breakthrough today. I used to have a NAC72 with RSL boards, hicap, and modded 180. Front end was a PC and DACMagic. Speakers Kudos Super 20. Was a truly wonderful System, loved it. I took over my father's CDS2, 82, hicap and 135s recently, but was disappointed on two Counts - one in comparison to how the System sounded at home in the UK with SBLs and two in comparison to the RSL 72 System above. At first I used both hicaps, which seemed to make up a lot of the difference, but still something missing. Added DTC3 this week, and was suprised, but still not really bowled over.
On a Chance yesterday, I stopped by at a local hifi store to get a Furutech Rodium Schuko mains plug (used on the Continental hiline) to replace the crabtree plug and travel Adapter i have been using on the end of my Hydra (came with the 82 System). Low and behold, powering up the System again all the mojo of my previous System is back plus loads more! Unbelievable difference. Even my Family have been having fun playing their favourite tracks this afternoon! That 70 euros was a right bargain!!
Have the polipod feet on order too, so let's see what happens there too.