Upgrading - what amp to choose

GH - honestly, I didn't take your comments as being sarcastic - anyone reading any of my posts would probably realize I'm into KLEI products.

It was quite a natural conclusion :-)

The only other KLEI guy on these forums is Yping :-)

But I think our "ravings" may be garnering some interest.

I'll have a revised version in a couple of weeks to detail the new "Mark IV" build

Try them - it would be really interesting to know how they perform on your system.

BTW their "sound" is very similar to the KLEI products, i.e. very detailed, dynamic, clear, controlled with no bloating or colouring.

BTW - nice setup!

Are you going to upgrade to the Gungnir Multibit - or do you already have it?

I see you have Shunyata Venom's - how are they?

From what I can see from their pics they are a similar cable architecture to my own DIY power cables, which I find are very quick and responsive.

How do they compare to the Pangea's?

Many Thanks

Hello again, Willie. I'm not planning to upgrade the Gungnir at this point. I'd gotten a bug to try something new and became interested in Class D amplification. Discretionary $ are going into a Taranis amp from Merrill Audio. I've really not done much A/B'ing between the Shunyata and Pangea PCs. They were bought at different times to serve different equipment and meet specific spacing needs so I really hadn't tried comparing them. Music Direct was offering the Shunyatas at a reduced price a while back. I needed some additional cords to replace stock on some new gear. The reviews were favorable and they were affordable so I got them to run the Hegel and the TEAC CDP. My intention is to power the Taranis with the Shunyata but with the mono blocks not in use, I could certainly try a Pangea 9 on it it. Sounds like you looked at my system page. I need to update some of the cabling information there but A'gon is doing work on the Virtual System feature and I've been unable to edit my system. Ciao for now.

Ghosthouse - I've just completed my final incarnation of my DIY cables...

"The Mark V" DIY Interconnect

It turned out to be something really quite special and using it as a SPDIF from the V-link to the DAC resulted in the best SQ I've ever achieved from the Bifrost.

It's still early on in the burn-in process but it has already exceeded what I thought might be possible by a considerable margin. Even my demanding tracks are reproduced with amazing clarity with superb imaging and incredible venue acoustics.

The upper register of the violin can sometimes be a little shrill right now, but that will smooth out over the next few days.

"The Mark IV's" are on my phono stage and has taken the Simaudio Moon to a whole new level of performance also.

So the idea of upgrading the amp has now been squashed.

Now it's finally time to focus on the music :-)

Regards Steve ;-)