Thank you all for your thoughtful responses. My system, minus the analog, which is on hold for now, is below.
I did not mention in my previous post that I have also auditioned the Purist Anniversary Aqueous cable. Unfortunately it was a solo audition so I could not do direct comparison. Despite all of my excitement to try the AA cable, my perception was that, in my system, the Musaeus still sounded better than the AA. The AA had a beautiful, sweet portrayal of orchestral passages and the human voice was very palpable- dead center in front of me. The Musaeus did all of this but with more air and spatial depth at 1/3rd the price. The AA sounded a bit flattened out and lacking in air and space around the music. The "black background" should not sound like the stifling vacuum of outerspace, right? I'm a big believer in auditioning equipment with high quality live recordings that are full of musican and spatial information.
Maybe my Isoclean power conditioner and cords (which I think are fantastic performers, btw) filter out a lot of the noise and hash so the Ferox liquid may be overkill in my system.
After hearing all of your glowing reviews of the Accelerator, I will definitely wait to audition them before I buy. I do want that warm Synergistic Research sparkle without sacrificing the Purist clarity. It seems the guys at the cable company are understaffed. It's been difficult to get replies and action in a timely way. I do, however love the service so I'll have to be patient.
My system:
Edge Electronics G1 Preamplifer
Edge Electronics G4 Amplifier
Audio Physic Tempo IIIi Speaker
Resolution Audio Opus 21 CDP
Isoclean 80A3 power conditioner
Tara Labs Vector 1 for all interconnects
Kimber Kable 8tc speaker cable
Isoclean Superfocus powercord (power conditioner)
Isoclean Autofocus powercord (Amp)
Shunyata taipan non-helix (preamp &cdp)
I did not mention in my previous post that I have also auditioned the Purist Anniversary Aqueous cable. Unfortunately it was a solo audition so I could not do direct comparison. Despite all of my excitement to try the AA cable, my perception was that, in my system, the Musaeus still sounded better than the AA. The AA had a beautiful, sweet portrayal of orchestral passages and the human voice was very palpable- dead center in front of me. The Musaeus did all of this but with more air and spatial depth at 1/3rd the price. The AA sounded a bit flattened out and lacking in air and space around the music. The "black background" should not sound like the stifling vacuum of outerspace, right? I'm a big believer in auditioning equipment with high quality live recordings that are full of musican and spatial information.
Maybe my Isoclean power conditioner and cords (which I think are fantastic performers, btw) filter out a lot of the noise and hash so the Ferox liquid may be overkill in my system.
After hearing all of your glowing reviews of the Accelerator, I will definitely wait to audition them before I buy. I do want that warm Synergistic Research sparkle without sacrificing the Purist clarity. It seems the guys at the cable company are understaffed. It's been difficult to get replies and action in a timely way. I do, however love the service so I'll have to be patient.
My system:
Edge Electronics G1 Preamplifer
Edge Electronics G4 Amplifier
Audio Physic Tempo IIIi Speaker
Resolution Audio Opus 21 CDP
Isoclean 80A3 power conditioner
Tara Labs Vector 1 for all interconnects
Kimber Kable 8tc speaker cable
Isoclean Superfocus powercord (power conditioner)
Isoclean Autofocus powercord (Amp)
Shunyata taipan non-helix (preamp &cdp)