yeah. that was it. i'm getting very, very clear and stable highs - so clear, it's kind of shocking that i ever thought what i was getting before was clear. but, the bass seems a little weak. i'm not sure if that's relative, or if there's some remnants floating around in the registry, so i'm going to put the script back to the way it was - delete streamci.dll and break the clock on install - test a little further and then probably do another reinstall.