Verastarr's Mike Powell upgrading SR "Stuff"


Mike Powell of Verastarr has been upgrading my SR Grounding Block cables with Silver foils and now the MPC's for the Tranquility bases with far superior internal parts.

Mike is one of the best Philes I have ever worked with and understands customer satisfaction. I have all of his cables/ power strip and MServer and they have out run all previous cabling i have had in my system.

The sonic upgraded work he has done for me is well worth the $$$ and has lifted my SQ to a more desirable state.




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@glory just wanted to thank you for pointing me in the direction of Mike's work on SR kit. I have a fairly extensive selection of SR items including most recently the grounding block (discussion of my experience here). One of the more obscure ways I use this is to ground my Grand Prix Audio stands. I was using the stock unshielded cables and once I dressed these (away from anything electrical) they worked quite well. I wondered what a better cable might sound like but did not want to spring for the HD cords, especially as I need a bare wire termination to secure under the end caps on my stands (so they contact a bare metal surface).

I sent Mike a message and asked what he could come up with. His idea was to create some silver foil cords, unshielded, but with the end of the foil exposed to connect with the stands. We agreed a price (much less than the SR equivalents) and two weeks later I got six new cords. In comparison with the stock cables, themselves carefully dressed to avoid interference, the main characteristics of the Verastarr cables are in terms of what they do not do. The do not exaggerate bass and leading edges. They do not add a harshness to vocals when the mic is driven hard. They do not spotlight, push forward, or pull back instruments in the mix. Overall they deliver a more clear and natural performance that can at first listen seem less dynamic, less spacious and less layered but is in fact more integrated, more musical, and more relaxed than the stock. The improvement is most apparent on vocals where it's much easier to hear sub-vocal details such as breath-work and subtle infections. Bear in mind these are small differences at the margin on a megabuck system and I'm not sure anyone would have been dissatisfied with the performance before but in the overall system, and considering this is only grounding a set of stands, then the impact is well worth the investment. 

Mike was a pleasure to work with and I'd strongly recommend you give his ideas a try.
FF,

I am glad you found Verastarr's upgraded Grounding  Block cables a positive listening experience.

Just got a Verastarr upgraded MPC 
and giving it a test out in comparison to my other upgraded MPC from Michael. This MPC is running one of three Tranquility Base I have.

Mike is a crazy mad man when it comes to upgrades. He gets high on them and loves to hear the positive feedback from his work.

Give one of his top AC cables a ride and report back. 
I highly recommend giving Verastarr a go with your SR MPC stock version to a way beyond  Galileo sounding MPC with their upgrade. This new and improved Verastarr MPC even outruns the MPC's I had upgraded my a member here on the 'Gon!!
i must add that i'm loving my Verrastar power strip and demoted my previous strip to conditioning the power going to my digital clock... i just wish i can afford his cables
Let me tell you first Hand Mike at Verastarr goes Way out of his way works late 
calls customers even into the evening if that is what they prefer. Very fair 
in pricing vs the competition and very innovative .his cables are totally different then conventional , although much different similar to when nordist hit the market. Verastarr maybe should tell a bit more about the engineering of the product I think many people would be willing to give it a good .he does not 
advertise much , but maybe should . Mike is a testament to the way a 
quality business should be run,and backs everything with making your satisfaction part of the deal. Just check Verastarr out I think you will be 
very pleased .