PC for Gryphon Diablo 300
You didn't say what sound "tailoring" you may be looking for. I tried numerous power cords on my hybrid integrated amp, and finally settled on an old school Tekline silver power cord - which gave the sound a bit of a sparkle, added bass, and a jump in 'life' overall. My tube components just love foil power cords like the Elrods for example. On the other end of the spectrum, you may want less sparkle, more mid-bass foundation, etc. In which case I would look at something like Sablon and others. |
The gryphon dealer mentioned for me to explore silver cables as gryphon amps tend to love them. I switched to silver speaker cables from stealth audio. Fantastic improvement over my old aq copper cables. looking to stay with that trend. I use shunyata sigma XLRs and they tend to provide a nice warm balance to the mix. I also use the gold tuning bullet on my Galileo SX power cord, (to which most of my system runs through as thats the pc from my conditioner) So i think i can afford more silver and love the idea of high current as this amp can draw tons of power rapidly. Atm i have the diablo matched with Triode labs Obsession PC. It's a nice balanced cable that I plan to move to my dac as soon as I get a new cord for amp |
@questforhifi It sounds like you are very familiar with all top notch power cords and brands. The only thing I have to add this discussion, is give this a shot: Yes, less than $1,000, but, you may be surprised |
@questforhifi not to stray too far off topic here but what are your thoughts on the Diablo 300? Thanks. |
I had the opportunity to hear a Gyphon integrated in a $50k system a few years back and I was very impressed. The owner also had an Ayre pre + amp and he liked the gryphon a lot. One word of caution - these are great amps, but both these amps had serous issues with using high capacitance speaker cables - to the point where they oscilated to the point of failure, so select cables with a lower capacitance value I would steer clear of cables that have a capacitance higher than 150 pf/ft - but that also depends on the length of your cables. Both these amps need great cables - so look at brands like Zevfino or in-Akustik - but check with the company with regards to thei cable capacitance first Regards - Steve |
