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Shunyata Denali Damn!

Long time power cable denier here... I just installed the Denali in my SET based system and holy crap this thing is crazy good! AND I must admit I have been very skeptical of power products for a long time having experienced dynamic compression with other products. The Shunyata Denali made the background dead quiet and without a hint of compression on my 300B mono's breathing through 104db horns. Frankly I am shocked and overwhelmed with how much I like this product. Rarely does a product live up to the hype but this one does. Damn, wish I had done this long ago!
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cleeds
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tinear123
Long time power cable denier here... I just installed the Denali in my SET based system and holy crap this thing is crazy good! AND I must admit I have been very skeptical of power products ... I am shocked and overwhelmed with how much I like this product ...
That’s a great story and it’s one many audiophiles have experienced. Many of us started out as skeptics, which is why the characterizations of "placebo effect" and "expectation bias" in instances such as this are so silly. The cable industry would lose a substantial portion of its customers if those mechanisms were as powerful as some believe.

"Placebo effect" is real, but it will not cure cancer. Its effect in audio is similarly limited.
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Well spoken cleeds
speakermaster
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Shunyata products are truly amazing i put one of their cords on my accuphase amplifier and wow the sound went up many levels instantly.
divertiti
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Has anyone compared the Denali to Audioquest Niagara conditioners?
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Has anyone compared the Denali to Audioquest Niagara conditioners?

Michael Fremer did. He didn’t do a shootout or anything, but he did switch from Shunyata to Audioquest. He was very impressed by the Shunyata but eventually tried the AQ and decided he preferred AQ.  I don't know where he is on power conditioning at this point.  He had a whole house power generator installed and it ruined his sound. He found that he needed PS Audio regenerators to correct the situation, but that is probably not the end of the story.  You can follow what he does next in his column in Stereophile.
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