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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
gtfour45
39 posts
 
Hi Joe,

If you are looking to ugrade your dCS Firewire link I can recommend the Esoteric 8N-6p-6pi cable (although branded Esoteric it's made by Acrolink in Japan).

It may be hard to get although I think the Cable Company now lists it.

In my Verdi Encore and Delius stack it made a big difference over the standard dCS cable. I would say that the stack was delivering only 70% of its best performance before the Esoteric cable was added.
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elberoth2
1,223 posts
 
Siltech also offers Firewire cable.
elgar
12 posts
 
Golden fire

sounds good.

A real hot cable.

Joe
clavil OP
254 posts
 
thanks Mert

dCS Puccini + Clock
JRDG Capri
JRDG monos 501 + PC1
Infinity Renaissance
interconnects+speakercables NBS Monitor II
power cable between PC1 and 501 NBS Monitor II
Power cable for the rest AET EVO HIN (Japan)

I hear mostly classical music + Jazz

thanks
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mert
132 posts
 
Clavil,

I am not familiar with your gear and the cables. I can not make any accurate comment.

However, DCS stuff is powercord reactive. It will change the presentation of your setup.(cords around 2-3k range)

If you would like to hear the dcs as how it is, make a simple DIY cord( would say Acrolink 4030 bulk) and apply any Rhodium based plug(furutech or oyaide) in order to maintain a flat response.
Expensive cords will not make a system sound SOTA but will let to voice the gear according to preference and priority.

Cheers
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