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dCS Puccini Clock

I had yesterday the oportunity to hear for first time the Puccini clock.

I must admit that I was a little sceptical. The system consisted of:

Howland preamp HP-200 SE
Howland amp RADIA SE
Avalon Indra
Transparent power cleaner / station ?
I can't tell which cables

Well the effect is quite amazing and you can easily recognize it in a blind hearing. If I have to describe it I would say, you become aware of the hall / the space in which the recording has been done. The difference is very noticeable when you switch the clock off, suddenly the music sounds dryer, shorter and the space all around the whole music desapears.

I heard:
Luiz Bonfa plays and sing Bossa Nova (Verve)
Bruckner 4th by Jaap van Zweden (bad SACD & interpretation)
Bruckner 4th by Günter Wand (the last recording)
Ports of Call by Eiji Oue (Ref. Rec. bravo Prof. Johnson you are a great sound engeneer!)

One of these days I will take it home and have a test on my system ... and will make some blind hearing with my wife ;-)

I will report then about the experience.
clavil
elgar
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Hello
and thanks for the information i can take out of this thread.
I´m from Germany and i´m owner of a Verdi/Purcell/Elgar plus stack without firewire.
In the moment i´m thinking about two ways to get the music out of my computer.
-The first is using the digital out of a Linn Sneaky to the Purcell.
-The second and more charming way, would be to take the Puccini U-Clock into my system with the additional benefit for my other DCS equipement
Did anyone of you has listened to this second combination?
To tell the truth i´ve also thought about buying the Puccini cause he looks so good, but even my lokal dealer told me that i have to go to a Scarlatti-Stack if i want to make a significant improvement to my present combination.
Kind regards
Joe
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mapman
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"my lokal dealer told me that i have to go to a Scarlatti-Stack if i want to make a significant improvement to my present combination."

You are in very good shape already then IMHO>
clavil OP
254 posts
 
maybe the Paganini could be an option

if you decide to buy, have a look directly in England, the german importer is puting the 30% devaluation of the £ against € in his pocket !

no problem with warranty, you get it directly from dCS
elgar
12 posts
 
Hello
the official price in Germany is 4,6k Euro, that are about 6kUSD in the Moment.
But i did not know the price in the UK.
The only U-Clock listed here on Audiogon is from Norway, but Norway is not a part of EU, so i have to pay Import taxes and the total is almost the same or a little bit more, than buying it from my local dealer.
Kind regards
Joe
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elberoth2
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Elgar,

A friend of mine, Elgar Plus/Verdi LaScala/Verona owner, told me that the Puccini is a sideways move.

Since you seem to lack the Verona clock, getting the U-Clock makes a lot of sense - it will serve double duty as your system clock (which will brang a substantial improvement by itself) and USB receiver.
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