Shunyata Altaira Grounding Station ........has anybody purchased this new product ?

garebear,

Ever get your Altaira unit? If so, what do you think of it?

ozzy

Hello Ozzy ......yes I did a few months back. In short, I kept my amp and pre-amp on the TriPoint Thor Signature and placed my Esoteric CD player on the Shunyata Altaira. The reason I did that was that to my ears the Esoteric sounded much more open and ohhhhh gosh ; organic on the Shunyata than it did on the TriPoint. The TriPoint has such an analog sound that to me ... the system just fell into place. The Altaira is a wonderful product and if I never had the TriPoint grounding system and I never knew or could experience the difference, I would put the whole system on the Shunyata. Note : if your system sounds good right now ; do yourself a favor and look into a grounding system as it will or should, make a difference. Stay well.....  

Thanks, garebear for that info. I’m going to try to demo a Altaires unit.

I wonder what makes the TriPoint unit different? Do you think it’s the parts quality or is there some other tech?

ozzy

Well, I just connected up the Altaira's demo unit. As long as I just have my Lumin connected to it, the music sounds good, there seems to be more detail and "life" in the music.

However, when I connect additional items, I.e., amps, subs, etc.to the Altaira I get some pretty nasty buzz through the speakers. I'm gonna keep playing with it but seems like there is a ground loop when its used.

ozzy