Audience aR6-TSS Power Conidtionor

The OX upgrade is highly recommended.  I spent another 1K on upgrading all the outlets from Cardas to Furutech GTX-D, rhodium plated receptacles.  I am not sure if you already upgraded to Au24SE power cord, which yields tremendous improvements over the regular power cord.  

I suggest you call Audience directly to access the upgrade cost.  You may speak to Alex Keller at 1-800-565-4390. 

from Audience website, The OX upgrade includes: 
 - Rhodium over copper duplexes - for increased conductivity improving every aspect of sound reproduction.
 - Gold over copper forks - replacing previous tin over copper forks connecting filter capacitors to the receptacles. This provides a noticeably more refined sound.
 - OCC (oxygen free continuous cast) copper wiring throughout. This is one of the most significant improvements ever made providing a big improvement in resolution, speed and soundstaging.

Hi ebm and lalitk

Thanks for information! Do you think if I already using Furutech GTX-D (Rhodium plated) Receptacles at home, it is useful to upgrade my AR6-TSS outlet to Furutech GTX-D (R)?

PS: This is what I’m using at home for my audio and AV system:

http://www.furutech.com/2013/02/02/1746/

 

I bought my AR6-TSS last year around USD 5150, but I don’t bought Audience’s Au24SE power cord.  I’ve bought a brand new Neotech NEP-3200 OP-OCC Copper Power cable to work with my AR6-TSS. This is an amazing PC! I don’t think the sound quality is far away with Au24SE, but I just pay it less than USD 600 (Include Neutrik's powerCON 20A and a Furutech Rhodium plated connector), I ask my friend to DIY for me There are only 2 or 3 manufacturer to produce OP-OCC copper cable in this world, and Taiwan Neoetch is the largest manufacturer to do OP-OCC Copper OEM business, sometime I doubt if Au24SE is also produced by Neotech.

 

http://www.takefiveaudio.com/mall/shopexd.asp?id=935

http://www.neotechcable.com/product7_2.php#

Since I’m located in Hong Kong, I bought my AR6-TSS from Audience’s distributor in here. And I believe I need to go through their distributor if I want any upgrade. So I guess the upgrade cost is much more than USD 1000. I will check it with their distributor.  For such expensive cost, I need to listen and compare the difference first.

 

Questions:   May I know what price of a AR6-TSS in U.S. now (net price, after discount)?  And how long you receive your AR6-TXXOX back?  

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Hi lalitk and edm

Have you compare AR6-TSS and AR6-TSSOX at the same time? If you can give score on it, how many scores you will give these two products? Supposed 100 is highest score.

For example:
AR6-TSSOX = If you give 100
AR6-TSS = 95? 90? 85?....


THX!

OP

I did not compare the TSS and TSSOX side by side.  So it would be hard to score simply because level of improvements are purely subjective and relative to associate gear.  

I have owned every possible iteration of Audience line conditioners. With each upgrade I have heard improvements in my system. 

You can find great price on used line conditioner on Audiogon. I saw couple of aR6-TSSOX in the range of $4K with Au24SE power cord. That's almost 50% savings.