Shunyata equipment is absolutely superb and, as Chadsort, says is not outlandishly priced in the context of competing products. And to be fair to Shunyata, they make less expensive products as well. I have been auditioning the recently introduced Typhon T30 supplying my Pass XA60 monoblocs and it makes a significantly positive improvement. One specific illustration - voices are more natural sounding, both tonally and in respect of the kind of dynamics you hear in real life.
Is There Some Problem With Shunyata's Everest Power Conditioner
I have been looking for a Shunyata power conditioner, and was thinking of going all the way and picking up an Everest, which is not only stupidly expensive but is the predictable darling of all reviewers, who gush about how wonderful this product is. However, there are currently SIX Everests for sale on US Audiomart. For a transformative and expensive product with seemingly universal acclaim, the fact that there six Everests for sale at the same time makes me wonder if maybe it is not so amazing and transformative and people are having buyer's remorse after picking one up. Comments or insight?
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I suppose that there are always more expensive anything out there, no matter what. If cost is no object, there is always something to blow money on. At $8k plus the cost of a PC, it’s hard to envision spending much more on a power conditioner. However, that is beside the point. I guess that no one is aware of problems with the Everest that would account for so many being available at one time. The extent to which the Everest makes a substantial difference seems to be a matter of system integration and, I suppose, quality of the power coming in. @yoyoyaya, how did you arrange an audition of the Typhon? And why the Typhon instead of the Denali or the Everest? |
@OP - I specifically wanted the Typhon for my power amps but I'll be adding a Denali or Everest for the rest of the system. My dealer never has a problem with loaning equipment for home trial. BTW I have no obvious issues with mains quality and my power installation it top class - four dedicated spurs running from a dedicated consumer unit coming pretty much directly from the meter tails with the power into the house being located on the other side of the listening room wall (in my garage). |
The Everest looks cool, like a big metronome. I have a AudioQuest Niagara 7000 (the price has gone way up and it's in the class same as the Everest ) and Puritan Audio Labs PSM 156 The Puritan Audio Labs PSM 156 is as good as the Niagara 7000 according to my testing. YMMV, |
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