A venerable Pinkfisher has removed one of the filters on Isolda and reports favourably: 'more dynamic, less hard'. What say the cable experts to a few questions: 1. Will a DV HX1.2 still run stable without the filters? 2. Are the filters supposed to be integral to the sound or are they there just for protection? 3. Will I suffer from a mountain of RFI if I remove them? - Max T makes a big play of the filters' RFI suppression. 4. Both ends of Isolda are crudely soldered with OFC multi-strand to bananas - would I be best off dispensing with all that gubbins and just clamping the copper ribbon into the amp and speaker terminals? Thanks in advance of any answers. Alex PS I know I should be using WM's cable; PPS I know I really ought to try Mana again.