Synergistic Red Fuse ...

Oregonpapa wrote,

"Talking about room treatments ... The four Shatki Holograms I have in the room were a major improvement. Without them, the sound stage collapses. I wouldn’t want to be without them in the system."

I’m not very surprised to hear about your success with Shakti Hallographs and I suspect the person, I forget which one, who recently disparaged Shakti Blocks (Shakti Stones) undoubtedly experienced operator error issues since the Shakti Stones are directional and location dependent. There are many reasons why some folks don’t get the full audiophile experience with some tweaks. Operator error happens to be one of them. I was in the room at CES with John Curl and Bob Crump when Mike Van Evers demonstrated his wild wood block contraption which one supposes was the predecessor to the Shakti Hallographs. I also have been using the somewhat similar Mpingo discs since Bob Hope was a Boy Scout. Not to mention tiny little bowl resonators. And Helmholtz resonators. And crystals. They’re all related.

Cheers,

geoff kait
machina dynamica
no goats no glory

Whitestix, no back-and-forth rock throwing. My posts here have to do with protecting this constructive thread against those who seek to ridicule those of us who use upscale fuses.  I asked you to list your system. Perhaps that would explain your lack of results with fuses and cords. It does--your amp cannot play up to the capability of a better fuse or cord. You like the sound--that's good enough for you--and me.  I have been fortunate--able to spend a lot more on gear that does benefit from better cords and fuses. My stuff? ARC, Magnepan, Wadia, REL.  Nothing exotic, boring choices, but predictable in sound quality, somewhat costly, and I am extending their scope with tweaks that work.  I do not endorse any of the crystals, pebbles, discs, blocks, chips, tiny bowls, etc. Oregon--I would like to hear the holograms--they are more than a stack of pebbles in a tray.        

Hi whitestix, mighty fine speaker's you have,  I'm a fan big time of the linkwitz speaker's,  however,  although I do agree most power cord's are crap, I  challenge you to try the taralab's cobalt power cord with oyaida termination's,  and the 3 higher model above that,  which are the cobalt Reference,  Evolution,  Evolution Grandmaster power cord's,  I have the model mentioned first,  I would say that this power cord was one of,  if not the most profound improvement to my digital player,  and system as a whole,  enjoy the music. 

I want to echo Whitestix for his praise of Don Sachs restored HK C-1 it is one of the best preamplifier ever, especially for analogue playback. Guys like Sachs, Jim McShane, Jeff Day (Positive Feedback/6 moons) and the like, have state-of-the-art systems, great hearing, know what they are doing when it comes to modding, restoring vintage gear, as well as listening to much of the latest, greatest, modern top shelf stuff. When they make statements of high praise for something like the Harmon Kardon restored C-1, or restored and modded ARC SPC 6B or 6C, or McIntosh MX110z, I wouldn't be so knee jerk dismissive. So, Whitestix, you have a stellar preamp; the Sachs modded HK C-1, that is a Wow! I'm on the hunt for one. Best, Rob

I forgot to mention the SR Black fuse is excellent, already about 200 hrs in my Coincident gear. Works well in my MiniMax DAC as well. More transparent, better, wider, deeper stage; really like the guitar tone, more relaxed, better flow of notes. Best, Rob