Yet I prefer to use the familiar: "God Bless The Child" in the version of the Keith Jarrett Trio on Standards, Vol. 1. After the first few bars I notice that I chose to set the volume on Einstein's The Preamp, which doesn't have a level meter, somewhat lower than usual. Nevertheless, the song develops an irresistible rhythmic maelstrom, the definition of the image is terrific. And all of that without the third Digitalz D-TC Supreme yet being in play. As soon as it’s there, it gives a little more clarity to the sound and the trio develops an even more intense groove, while the bass drum still builds up its pressure: what an overwhelming enjoyment. I follow up with some of my inevitable test tracks, just to make sure that the extra portion of tonal colours, pressure, space and resolution doesn't tip over into the unpleasant, nervous side of it: And it definitely doesn't. The well-known songs seem fresher and more exciting than ever. Awesome!

Since the PowerSwitch and the matching Ethernet cables really convinced me, I don't back off from using the appropriate Ansuz feet anymore. Furthermore, the PowerSwitch's standard feet didn't leave the most convincing impression on me. But Morten Thyrrested assured me that the undamped aluminum feet, which could be described as rings with an inverted, flat U-shaped profile, are clearly superior to the commonly used rubber feet. However, the best variant to set up the unit would be the Darkz D-TC Supreme, which, according to the price list, retail at 1.200 euros - per piece! They are built out of three discs of very high-quality titanium, which are then coated with layers of zirconium, tungsten, aluminum-titanium-nitrite in a particle accelerator at the Technological Institute in Aarhus. This process currently takes 62 hours, resulting in an extremely hard surface - the simpler, shorter process, however, is still described on the website. The discs themselves find contact to each other via titanium balls. To connect the Darkz D-TC Supreme to the PowerSwitch, also three titanium balls are needed for each of the discs.

Throughout the first article about the PowerSwitch, I had it simply placed on the Melco, as there was no free shelf in the Artesania audio stand available at that time. This turn it shares one of the special shelves available from Artesania with the Synergistic Research Active Ground Block SE. All the positive changes described so far brought about by the Mainz D2 and the Digitalz D-TC Supreme were clearly audible with the standard feet. After listening three times to Shostakovitch's "Polka" from the Ballet Suite, Opus 22, I now install the four Darkz D-TC Supreme, each of them equipped with its three titanium balls, under the respective feet of the PowerSwitch. The achieved result is a little more openness, an increase in spatial depth and slightly more accentuated fine dynamics. But the improvements are genuinely marginal.