DCCA or Shunyata help?

Thanks Scifi for the great review. For the "magic" to appear, did u use just one dcca eminence pc or use eminence pc for all your equipment? It's an important question because each eminence pc is about $1,000. Where did you use the eminence pc? power conditioner, source or amp? Please share with us.

I have tried out a DCCA DCCA Reference Master. I used it on my intergrated amp. I could not hear any improvements to the sound. To be more clear I did not hear any change over the stock powercord. I also used it on my DAC and CD transport where I didn't hear any changes over the stock cables as well. Next I tried some NBS powercables. On my integrated amp the did nothing as well but on DAC and transport they clearly improved the sound. My funds are very limited so I ended up buying 1 NBS dragonfly for my DAC.
The Dragon will move to my transport this week since I just bought a 2nd hand NBS Omega III. The NBS Omega didn't do anything for my amp either.

Not saying DCCA or anu other brand for that matter makes bad power cables. Just saying that IMHO not all powercables will work with all components.

If I ever get some audio spending money again I will try to try out Electraglide Ultra Khan II or they copy of that cable the Advanced Listening Audio Cable.

So be sure to try out before you buy.

Horchai,

I started with the DCCA Eminence on my preamp which is an audio horizons 2.2 and then added one to my DAC which is also an Audio Horizons 3.1. It was a cumulative effect as I added one and then two of these to my system. I then moved to my amplifiers which are Canary CA160 (EL34 based amps) and WOW the bass really fleshed out as well as an overall increase in soundstaging.

I am using Merlin VSM-MME's which are extremely revealing speakers so it isn't hard to hear changes made to my system....both positive and negative.

My room is 14' wide by 20' long and with the Eminence (after about 200 hours of break in) added to the amps the soundstaging expanded to virtually be from side wall to side wall on some recording. It was pretty darn amazing to hear the differences.

I still have one more Eminence to buy for my transport but as you have stated at $1k per cord it isn't cheap to continue to make these upgrades.

I would like to say if you are looking for the magic with just one Eminence power cord in your system to use it on your source component. I think you will find the greatest sound improvement in this position. I would also like to say that one of the problems I have had in the past was maybe the speed/pace of my power cords were somewhat off...slow to a point maybe...corrected that issue with the Eminence's design. Detail is also much more present in this new design without losing the body and weight in the sound....which was a key factor of creating this sound...not to lose...just to gain in all areas. Don DCCA

another note, I can also tonally adjust the Eminence to: warmish & lush, neutral or best of both. The choice is yours!
Don DCCA