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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
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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kops
478 posts
 
I have found Stealth Dream Digital very good match with Dcs Puccini, with the clock siltech spx30 was good too.
elgar
12 posts
 
Thinking about the many paths to go within my DCS stack, the Verdi/Purcell/Elgar/Verona seems to be a real CABLE-TESTING-MACHINE.
If digital cables are as good as discribed it must be possible to beat the DSD firewire path with matching high quality digital cables using 1 cable from Verdi to Purcell and then using 2 cables from Purcell to Elgar.
If the interconnects are as good, as reviewed this 24/192 path, with MIT MA/Stealth/SiltechG6+G7 etc. MUST beat the firewired DSD sound using the DCS standard 1394, cause the DSD signal is described as only slightly better than the 24/192 !
Seems to be logical for me, but i cannot test it cause at my Purcell and Elgar the firewire terminals are still missing.Would be astonished if i am the first, thinking about this.........
Kind regards
Joe
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