Shunyata Denali Damn!

Has anyone compared the Denali to Audioquest Niagara conditioners?

Michael Fremer did. He didn’t do a shootout or anything, but he did switch from Shunyata to Audioquest. He was very impressed by the Shunyata but eventually tried the AQ and decided he preferred AQ.  I don't know where he is on power conditioning at this point.  He had a whole house power generator installed and it ruined his sound. He found that he needed PS Audio regenerators to correct the situation, but that is probably not the end of the story.  You can follow what he does next in his column in Stereophile.

Actually I purchased both the Syunyata and the Audioquest since well... I had till now not found a power conditioner that I could live with.  In my system the Shunyata was much better however, It's my understanding that your local power issues would be the deciding factor between the two.  Actually the Youtube channel Audio Excellence (i think out of Canada) tackled this very issue recently and that was the conclusion they reached.  

I have good power being only a mile from the substation but have significant noise on the line so the Shunyata was the perfect fit.  If you have power fluctuations but it is reasonably clean it's my understanding that the Audioquest would be better.  Who knows though.  I have found that there are very few absolutes in our hobby as the synergy of the various components of the system is more important that the capability of the components.  Your mileage may vary.

I agree 100% tinear, there is no one size fits all in audio.  Everybody has to find what works for their particular situation.

I liked the effects of a Denali v2 with Alpha XC v2 power cord so well that I bought another. It made a very nice improvement on the front end of my kit. Aspects of the music felt like they started coming from nowhere. But when I put one on my Atma-Sphere OTL amps and the field-coil power supplies the effect was quite astounding. How in the world does putting a (i'll be it passive) filter in between your power amps and the mains current make things dramatically more dynamic? Mind boggling. But it did! [|;^)>

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