Taralabs cables

07-27-14: Himiguel
Even Taralabs Grandmaster Evolution series cables can improve if you use a Tripoint Troy Signature to remove EMI/RFI. Check out this review from a WBF member. Dealer disclaimer.
BTW, I connected the (double box) Taralabs grounding device to my Tripoint audio Troy signature se grounding device and noticed that the haze on some vocals was (nearly completely) gone. Spooky!
I got some shocking news for you Himiguel, and any other Tripoint audio signature owners, yes I agree that this is a fine product, However, The post here that Audiocrack made on whatsbest forum above is absolutly INCORRECT!, I have done my own research with a genuine out come, Let's explore this, I have a HFX floating Ground station that came with my Tara labs Zero Gold extended Band-width interconnect,The HFX station is out side the signal path, not made onto the interconnect,The HFX station is very similiar to the duel-mono block Tara labs Grandmaster floating ground station, I also have a interconnect called, The One with ISM on board, what this means is that this model interconnect is a controlled band-width interconnect with the cerelex material made inside capsules made onto the interconnect within the signal path,thus the term, ISM on board, the user cannot use a HFX floating ground station with this model called, The one with ISM on board, I dis-connected the Zero Gold I/C and removed it completly from my system, I left the HFX ground station in place with the left and right leads completly disconnected from the HFX station that is for the Zero Gold Foating shield, Inserted the Tara labs The One with ISM on board, mind you, this I/C was in no way what so ever connected to the HFX station!, wife was standing their with expectations of the sound of the Tara The one with ISM on board from past memories as I was, we both looked at each other with pure amazement, she said, what did you do?, I had no answer at the time, we both walked up and looked closer at the cables, WALA!, the componet ground of the HFX station was still connected to source by way of spade connection and pluged into the HFX station, I said, what's this?, How is this so?, unpluged componet ground jumper wire from HFX station and the noise floor shot straight up in the Tara The One with ISM on board, connected it back, the noise floor dropped HUGELY, the both of us was like, wow!, this Tara The One with ISM on board never ever sounded this good, conclusion to this true story is that the componet ground is an entirely seperate circuit from any interconnect the station is connected to, the ground scheme on these ground stations will drop the noise floor to anything they are connected to, That is Amazeing, The Tara labs Duel mon-block ground station is better than the standard HFX station, it is really two HFX stations made onto one unit, so when Audiocrack hooked his Tara labs Duel mono-block ground station that comes with the Tara Grandmaster Evolution I/C to the Tripoint troy signature, it dropped the noise floor to the Tripoint Troy signature significanty!, If anything, The Tara Labs HFX and Duel mono-block stations are IMHO phenomenal!

Hi Everyone, This is a quote from whatsbest forum site by a member named audiocrack that owns the Tara labs Grandmaster Evolution cables with duel mono-block ground station,Begin Quote “Even Taralabs Grandmaster Evolution series cables can improve if you use a Tripoint Troy Signature to remove EMI/RFI.
BTW, I connected the (double box) Taralabs grounding device to my Tripoint audio Troy signature se grounding device and noticed that the haze on some vocals was (nearly completely) gone. Spooky!”End quote.
This assumption is absolutely INCORRECT!
Let’s explore why?, I have here at my house the Tara Labs Zero Gold Extended Band-width I/C with HFX foating shield ground station on my system, Tara Labs has their own invention inside the ground station called, cerelex compound, unlike other cable manufacturers, The station uses no batteries or electricity, which is in my opinion, an incredible engineering feat, The station has a left and a right plug in hole for the tiny wires to plug into the station, the tiny wires are terminated with tiny banana plugs at both ends to connect the wires that come out of the cable to the station,Floating the shields of the inside of the I/C at both ends to the cerelex compound that is inside the station, having and using these tiny wires is crucial to the over all sound and performance of the interconnect, connecting a station directly to a I/C is not recommended by me at all, the sound doing so is poor in comparison, the station’s design purpose is to remove EMI/RFI from the audio signal, the HFX station also has a third hole for what is called, component ground, the tiny wire that is used for this is terminated with a tiny banana plug at one end, and a tiny spade on the other end, this component ground scheme is connected from the station with the banana plug end, and the spade end of the wire can be connected to anything you want to connect it to, keep in mind that whatever you connect the spade end of the tiny wire to, you are grounding that device!, I will get to the explanation later in this review of the grounding scheme.
I also have here at my house the Tara Labs The one with ISM on board controlled band-width I/C , this I/C is many levels under the Zero Gold I/C in terms of performance and cost with the Tara labs interconnect model line up, ISM stands for isolated shield matrix, the cerelex compound is used inside capsules that are made onto the I/C, in the audio signal path, thus the term, ISM on board, this I/C is not designed to be used with the HFX grounding station, or any other station Tara labs makes, also, there is no way of connecting the Tara labs The One with ISM on board I/C to any out board stations Tara Labs makes, I started my experiment by taking the Tara labs Zero Gold out of my system, keeping in place the HFX ground station, but not connected to any cable, then I installed the Tara labs The One with ISM on board, the wife was there to listen and see what I was doing, we both have fond memories of the sound of the Tara Labs The One with ISM on board I/C, However, The component ground of the HFX station was still connected to my digital source at the spade end to one of the screws of the unit, and the banana end of the tiny wire was plugged into the station, the wife asked, what did you do?, I said, what do you mean?, we both looked at each other in amazement, she said, I have never heard the Tara labs The One with ISM on board sound so good!, I showed her that the HFX component ground was still connected, this dropped the noise floor substantially, again, keep in mind that the HFX station was in no way connected to the I/C, I Proceeded to unplug the component ground from the station, this was much easier than disconnecting the spade end on the digital source, the noise floor shot straight up with the over all sound, again, we both looked at each other with amazement, we realized that the component ground scheme is a totally separate circuit on the Tara Labs HFX ground station, The Tara Labs duel mono-block ground station is essentially two HFX grounding stations made together separated by metal to make one unit, a complete station for each side of the floating shield of the Tara labs Grandmaster Evolution I/C with component ground scheme made onto the station like the HFX station, the two stations are similar, conclusion of this review is that in no way did the Tripoint Troy signature se benefit the sound of the Tara Labs Grandmaster I/C, since the component ground is a separate circuit that grounds and substantially drops the noise floor to what ever the component ground is connected to at the spade end, The fact of the matter is that the Tara labs Duel mono-block ground station benefitted the Tripoint Troy signature se by dropping the noise floor of the unit Hugely, thus thrusting the over all sound performance ofwhatever is plugged into the Tripoint Troy signature se to far greater performance expectations than what the Tripoint was originally designed to perform, Brought to you by Audiolabyrinth, Happy Listening to all.

Audiolabyrinth, Are you calling my customer Audiorack a liar? Have you ever heard the Troy Signature in combination with Tara Labs Grandmaster Evolution series? To assume that the HFX station is benefitting the EMI/ RFI filtering capabilities of the Troy Signature is completely absurd without knowing any of the design philosophies of the Troy? I challenged anyone with Tara Lab ground boxes to a challenge. Bring your checkbook.