Yes, I must speak my mind!
I am sure they make a difference, everything makes a difference. Whether for better or worse that will have to be heard in the system and just like everything in audio it can't always be for the better. (or could it).
The problem I have is that it costs so much, if we didn't buy into this stuff we could have tweaks that work for $1.38, but no we fall into the trap and pay big bucks for nonsense.
C'mon $1500 for a power cord! When you put your head on your pillow just before you sleep you must know that this is just wrong!
$740 for some resistors?
How about if you had a headache and I gave you advil and it worked! your headache was gone! but I told you the price was $300 per pill, you would gag and complain, but you would have to admit the pill worked, the pain was gone.
If no one bought my Advils, I would be stuck with them, eventually lowering the price to what the market will bear, 20 cents each!
The market had reached equilibrium and a fair price was found, 20 cents. We have altered that market, messed with it, and allowed these anomolies to exist, $740 resistors, $2000 caps, $1500 power cords, we owe it to ourselves for these prices, don't buy the Bybees and watch good ole Jack Bybee lower the prices, but no why do that? Lets just feed the machine...I can't wait to pay $1500 for resistors!
Now if I SOLD Bybees I would of course have a very different story than the one I am putting down here right now, but I don't and am just speaking my mind..
we are so naive sometimes