After a more than a year of leaving my system alone, the BUG hit again. I was asked to try Richard Gray's 400 AC Filter... well ok. When i got it home before connecting it I removed all HT components from the system. I also removed my HD Widescreen television which was in between my speakers and listened for a while... a long while. It was great my system sounded completely different without the tv and Monster HTS2500 filter. I then plugged in the Richard Gray unit and it got even better. Imaging, detail, transparency, dynamics and soundstaging all improved. As I was enjoying this new sound I started to think of all that I've been missing. I now want to further improve my listening experience. The weakest link (I think at least) is my CDP. So I hit the posts on Audiogon for suggestions and the Wadia 861 CDP seemed to have alot of great reviews especially when upgraded by Great Northern Sound. The next day I ordered a new Wadia 861 w/ the reference upgrade from Steve at GNS. I'm told it should take around 10 days. Great, thats 10 nights I won't be able to sleep. If there are any Wadia owners w/ similar equipment your input would be great.
Tung oil is great, but make sure you wear gloves when applying it. If you follow slipknot1's instructions it should be beautiful. That's the same thing I did, but w/o the paste wax. I should have added that!