Why wouldn't I want to?  I'd be honest and humble enough to admit I was wrong, if I hear differences I will glady admit to them.  It's much easier to imagine something that isn't there than deny the existence of something that is, even something subtle.  When Antonio switched between surround and stereo on his system it was a clearly audible, but subtle, difference even though his rear's are currently out of action.    I felt the soundstage had far more depth and clarity in stereo and that bringing in the centre speaker made it less enjoyable.  This was with stereo source material btw using DPLII for surround.

I haven't had time yet but I will shortly be testing my Eupens against some stock cords and also my Isolda against the Dynaudio OCOS which I got with my speakers.  There may well be some items for sale in the near future

I want to get the best I can out of my system within my budget and I would gladly spent it on whatever made that difference.  Do you seriously think I'd be so twisted about proving a point that I'd willingly make my system worse on principle?

To expand on my "conversion" I think I was probably always a sceptic but allowed myself to be taken in for a while.  Everyone was recommending these "amazing" products that do wonders for your system so I bought them (Olsons, Eupens, Isolda).  In every case I thought, "Hmm...I don't really see what they're on about" but I went along with it because I thought maybe my hearing wasn't good enough or maybe my system wasn't transparent enough or a number of other convenient excuses.  The Trichord powerblock was the last straw and I decided it was time to come clean and be honest with myself.

Michael.