Another power cable thread
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^^^^If those devices are anything like PS Audio's and Quietline filters (I have several of both) then don't waste your money.
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has anyone compared the filters to non-audiophile (read much less expensive) filters?
https://www.amazon.com/Graham-Stetzer-2-Stezer-Filters/dp/B01M7M7ZO4/ref=sr_1_10?crid=2NTAJA698Y0FV&dchild=1&keywords=greenwave+emi+filter&qid=1609439206&sprefix=greenwave+emi+filters,aps,224&sr=8-10
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Not really. The neutral eventually goes to the groundGustard X26 Pro DAC
Belles 21A Pre modded with Mundorf Supreme caps
B&K M200 Sonata monoblocks refreshed and upgraded
Polk SDA 1C's modded / 1000Va Dreadnaught
Wireworld Silver Eclipse IC's and speaker cables
Harman Kardon T65C w/Grado Gold. (Don't laugh. It sounds great!)
There is about a 5% genetic difference between apes and men …but that difference is the difference between throwing your own poo when you are annoyed …and Einstein, Shakespeare and Miss January. by Dr. Sardonicus -
But that's all the way back at the main panel. How much noise is being picked up between there and the gear?
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Or absorbed by other components.Gustard X26 Pro DAC
Belles 21A Pre modded with Mundorf Supreme caps
B&K M200 Sonata monoblocks refreshed and upgraded
Polk SDA 1C's modded / 1000Va Dreadnaught
Wireworld Silver Eclipse IC's and speaker cables
Harman Kardon T65C w/Grado Gold. (Don't laugh. It sounds great!)
There is about a 5% genetic difference between apes and men …but that difference is the difference between throwing your own poo when you are annoyed …and Einstein, Shakespeare and Miss January. by Dr. Sardonicus -
I'd like to absorb your component, if you know what I mean.
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Still pretty early on the west coast. Thought you gave up the sauce anyway!
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lol! 3.5 years and counting...
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No serious. When I was testing out Dave's line noise meter I noticed that some components when added to a line actually lowered the noise. Don't ask me how or why...Gustard X26 Pro DAC
Belles 21A Pre modded with Mundorf Supreme caps
B&K M200 Sonata monoblocks refreshed and upgraded
Polk SDA 1C's modded / 1000Va Dreadnaught
Wireworld Silver Eclipse IC's and speaker cables
Harman Kardon T65C w/Grado Gold. (Don't laugh. It sounds great!)
There is about a 5% genetic difference between apes and men …but that difference is the difference between throwing your own poo when you are annoyed …and Einstein, Shakespeare and Miss January. by Dr. Sardonicus -
"2 Channel & 11.2 HT "Two Channel:Magnepan LRSSchiit Audio Freya S - SS preConsonance Ref 50 - Tube preParasound HALO A21+ 2 channel ampBluesound NODE 2i streameriFi NEO iDSD DAC Oppo BDP-93KEF KC62 sub Home Theater:Full blown 11.2 set up.
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Picked up a very nice power cable from Marvin at a fantastic price......I am not really one to use all those audio terms but I will say it made a difference for sure....increase in clarity of the music was a major improvement, a very nice noticeable difference. The cables was the from 6 sons cable model is the windigo
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Where did you put it? On your source?
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to my parasound int........going to try it on cdp as well after a few days...see if there is a difference between the 2
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oh this hobby, just got in a new power cable today and to start it made a big improvement on my dac and then a big improvement on my integrated amp. now i need another and it ain't cheap.
Amplifiers: Norma IPA 140, MasterSound Compact 845, Ayre v6xe, Consonance Cyber 800
Preamp: deHavilland Ultraverve 3
Dac: Sonnet Morpheus 2, Musical Paradise mp-d2 mkIII
Transport: Jay's Audio CDT2 mk2, Lumin U1 mini
Speakers: Rosso Fiorentino Volterra II
Speaker Cables: Crystal Clear Magnum Opus 2, Organic Audio Organic Reference 2
Interconnects: Crystal Clear Magnum Opus 2, Argento Organic Reference 2, Argento Organic 2
Power Cables: Argento Organic Reference, Synergistic Research Foundation 10 and 12 ga.
Digital cables: Crystal Clear Magnum Opus 2 bnc, Tellurium Q aes, Silnote Audio Poseidon Signature 2 bnc
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Welcome to the club. Power is the foundation for a system. The better the foundation then the better the system.Lumin X1 file player, Westminster Labs interconnect cable
Sony XA-5400ES SACD; Pass XP-22 pre; X600.5 amps
Magico S5 MKII Mcast Rose speakers; SPOD spikes
Shunyata Triton v3/Typhon QR on source, Denali 2000 (2) on amps
Shunyata Sigma XLR analog ICs, Sigma speaker cables
Shunyata Sigma HC (2), Sigma Analog, Sigma Digital, Z Anaconda (3) power cables
Mapleshade Samson V.3 four shelf solid maple rack, Micropoint brass footers
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Yes indeed a PC can make a very noticeable difference.
With my recent purchase of the Border Patrol SE-i DAC I added the Anticables Level 3 PC & man oh man did it ever shake things up.
The bass took on a new life of it's own. Tight, taught, dynamic & ever so punchy. I was actually very surprised with what I heard.
The overall presentation is larger in soundstage scope & flat out more dynamic across the board. No complaints here... money well spent.
Paul does recommend outfitting the source first with his PC's & after what I am experiencing who am I to argue."2 Channel & 11.2 HT "Two Channel:Magnepan LRSSchiit Audio Freya S - SS preConsonance Ref 50 - Tube preParasound HALO A21+ 2 channel ampBluesound NODE 2i streameriFi NEO iDSD DAC Oppo BDP-93KEF KC62 sub Home Theater:Full blown 11.2 set up. -
I put another Shunyata Delta NR V2 power cable into the system, on my Benchmark LA4 preamp. Previously I was just using a generic 18ga power cord on it and still getting exceptional, shockingly good performance from it.
So, I didn't have terribly high expectations, but I wanted to put an upgraded cable on it anyway so I would have Delta NR V2 cables on all of my "nice" components.
First impression was an increase in air and space. Images were clearly defined, and I could "see" the soundstage more easily on well-recorded music. Nice spatial queues!
In terms of frequency response, it seemed like there was increased shimmer or brilliance in the highs. I wasn't expecting that and it wasn't exactly welcome. Perhaps it's a side effect of the cable being brand new and needing more time on it. Wouldn't be surprised since I've seen fellow enthusiasts quote 100+ hour break in times on these power cords.
I will listen again tomorrow and see if the high frequency information has calmed down at all, but I'm not overly concerned about it. The additional air and space would be worth it alone, as nothing sounded "point source" whatsoever.
Along with the improvements from my AQ Yukon XLR cables, I believe this is very likely the best my system has ever sounded.Post edited by Clipdat on -
Thanks for the updates. Shunyata I feel makes a very good power cord.Klipsch The Nines, Audioquest Thunderbird Interconnect, Innuos Zen MK3 W4S recovery, Revolution Audio Labs USB & Ethernet, Border Patrol SE-I, Audioquest Niagara 5000 & Thunder, Cullen Crossover II PC's.
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This is a great thread. I just acquired a Niagara 1200 this week with a NRG-Z3 to connect it to the wall. I'm thinking maybe that wasn't a good choice and thinking to get a HC PC for that purpose. Was looking at AQ Monsoon or Thunder. Thunder would be a much bigger investment and after reading this thread I'm wondering if I should just grab some Shunyata Venom PCs. AQ recommends their own cords (of course) with the 1200 due to somehow they work together. Any thoughts on going with Shunyatas with the Niagara 1200?SystemLuxman L-590AXII Integrated Amplifier|KEF Reference 1 Loudspeakers|PS Audio Directream Jr|Sansui TU-9900 Tuner|TEAC A-6100 RtR|Nakamichi RX-202 Cassette
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I had the standard Shunyata Venom14 on my AQ Niagara 1200 and it was a great match.
However if you can spring for it, I would recommend this one instead: https://www.musicdirect.com/cables/shunyata-venom-hc-v2-power-cable
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Thanks. I've got a couple of the Venom HC v2's coming, for wall to 1200 and 1200 to integrated. And 2 Venom V14's for sources. Wish I had an IEC on my RtR deck.SystemLuxman L-590AXII Integrated Amplifier|KEF Reference 1 Loudspeakers|PS Audio Directream Jr|Sansui TU-9900 Tuner|TEAC A-6100 RtR|Nakamichi RX-202 Cassette
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Very nice, looking forward to hearing what you think of them!
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@Jetmaker737 Any listening impressions yet?
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Hi @Clipdat. I'm really enjoying this combo of the AQ Niagara 1200 and these Shunyata cords. My first listen I was like holy cr@p! My cords were Pangea AC-14s and a PS Audio AC-3 (to my amp). I had a AQ NRG-Z3 to the wall. Now, before the AQ 1200 I had a Belkin power strip and I changed to the AQ and the Shunyata cords within a week of each other. So kind of an uncontrolled experiment. And right now I'm too lazy to AB it all. But I'm totally happy. Not a detailed review for sure but it's Friday evening, on my 2nd glass of wine, just listened to some Earth, Wind and Fire and now grooving with some LCD Soundsystem.
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In the past year, I have been doing a little experiment on power cords in my system. I haven't had a stock cord in my systems for many years. I was using Wireworld electra, magic power digital, Cardas quadlink, Cullen, audioquest nrg ... heck i cannot remember the audioquest nrg number i was using over the years and there has been more that just slips my mind right now.
Because of Bud and Drew, I started looking in Shunyata a little while ago. I started with a used cheap Diamondback. I put it on my dac. It made a difference over the signal digital and the Cardas I was flipping between. Broader, smoother, more presence in the midrange. I then took the same cable and put it on my T+A intigrated. Same thing happened, the sound got wider, more presence in the midrange, this got me wondering how much more I would get out of the newer lines since the Diamondback was a bit older.
Enter the Zitron Viper and Cobra.
The Zitron Viper is very flexible and easy to work with. I swapped out the diamondback for the Viper on the dac. The difference was a slight improvement. It was not as big as a difference as going from the wireworld electra or quadlink to the diamondback but, there was a slight improvement. The Cobra is quite a bit thicker than the others and like Bud said, the weight can be a small issue but once I got it to sit the way I wanted, onto the T+A it went. Another improvement over what I was using and a noticeable difference over the viper BUT, the noticed improvement was only in the intigrated position. I did try moving the cobra to the dac and tried it on my Innuos zen mk3. I had a very hard time telling the difference between the cobra and viper on the dac or zen. If there was a difference, it was so slight that I had a hard time telling the 2 apart but, on the amp, there was quite a bit of difference. So the cobra went back on the intigrated side, viper on the dac and diamondback on the zen mk3. I think i might still look around for another viper for the zen or try one of the newer series I am not positive what way to go just yet but, Shunyata i feel makes a darn good power cord.
This also makes me want to try their digital cables like the Alpha USB. I need to start saving my pennies for this one.
Side note, i know the wireworld electra is not their upper line so it might not have been a fair fight. I still love the wireworld eclipse silver speaker cables I am running with no desire to change them.
Thank you Drew for this power cord thread. It gave me the final push to try Shunyata.Klipsch The Nines, Audioquest Thunderbird Interconnect, Innuos Zen MK3 W4S recovery, Revolution Audio Labs USB & Ethernet, Border Patrol SE-I, Audioquest Niagara 5000 & Thunder, Cullen Crossover II PC's. -
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The Shunyata Zitron Cobra is what replaced the Wireworld Electra on my rig.Klipsch The Nines, Audioquest Thunderbird Interconnect, Innuos Zen MK3 W4S recovery, Revolution Audio Labs USB & Ethernet, Border Patrol SE-I, Audioquest Niagara 5000 & Thunder, Cullen Crossover II PC's.
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The Shunyata Zitron Cobra is what replaced the Wireworld Electra on my rig.
So that's what you've been doing with your stimulus coin.
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Sony 850c 4k
Pioneer elite vhx 21
Sony 4k BRP
SVS SB-2000
Polk Sig. 20's
Polk FX500 surrounds
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Acoustic zen Satori speaker cables
Acoustic zen Matrix 2 IC's
Wireworld eclipse 7 ic's
Audio metallurgy ga-o digital cable
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Sonos zp90
Grant Fidelity tube dac
B&k 1420
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Unfortunately that money is going right back to them IF i get any since I owe on taxes again.Klipsch The Nines, Audioquest Thunderbird Interconnect, Innuos Zen MK3 W4S recovery, Revolution Audio Labs USB & Ethernet, Border Patrol SE-I, Audioquest Niagara 5000 & Thunder, Cullen Crossover II PC's.
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