I like the part where the author exclaims how much better the stereo sounds just by installing this fancy "Base plate" and cover plate.
yep... this is a plate on a leviton 15A $1.75 device.
and aren't those clothes of the emperor just astounding?
"After a bit I came back to my system, and sat down with a cup
of coffee for a little listening session. I cued up some music and
?Holy Smokes!?I had another Acoustic Revive headline on my hands!
I listened to what was going on with the music and the sound, and I
just had to shake my head in astonishment: Transparency had opened
up; the sense of space had increased, there was more recorded detail
in evidence, the bass lines became deeper and more articulate, musical
notes trailed off with more realistic decay, the timbral signature of the
body of the instruments becoming more evident (e.g. wood, brass), and
the music came across as more naturally ?live' with more ?snap' to the
notes and greater musical flow. There was one down side though; there
was a increase in sibilance that necessitated I toe out my Harbeth 40.1s
a bit to eliminate it. Once having done that, though, it was all good ? more
music, more sonics razzmatazz, more fun."