As promised, I checked a range of cords on my Pre Power APS 1050 regenerator. I picked up a Nordost Valhalla and Virtual Dynamics Master 3, quite cheaply, over the last couple of weeks;
System used for test Leema Antilla CD Player
Pathos Inpol2 integrated amp
Pure Power 1050 Regenerator
Virtual Dynamics and Silver audio
interconnects
Virtual Dynamics revelation SC
Music used
Lyle Lovett Joshua Judges Ruth Tr 4
Dvorak Russalka on Decca with Rene Fleming
First up, the generic, thick copper PC I have been using for years. Cost abot $30, no comment on it, used as baseline
Nordost Valhalla: A crisper, cleaner sound, more dynamic, a bit more detail heard on the recordings. I thought the soundstage lacked depth and the sound a bit clinical. So better, but not by much.
Lessloss DPFC Origonal: A bigger step up, the same improvement in dynamics and detail, but sounded more natural a better musical flow, definitely more enjoyable
VD Master mark 3; Very similar to the Lessloss, but with better base grip. More enjoyable for that.
So there clearly was a difference and the Lessloss and Virtual Dynamics were about equal in quality, though I preferred the VD. I would say there was not as much difference as putting the same cables on the amp or CD player, perhaps that is accounted for by the Pure Power being a regenarator, not a conditioner. If I had one, it might be interesting to repeat the comparison with a conditioner, but I don't have one.
So that's what I found.
System used for test Leema Antilla CD Player
Pathos Inpol2 integrated amp
Pure Power 1050 Regenerator
Virtual Dynamics and Silver audio
interconnects
Virtual Dynamics revelation SC
Music used
Lyle Lovett Joshua Judges Ruth Tr 4
Dvorak Russalka on Decca with Rene Fleming
First up, the generic, thick copper PC I have been using for years. Cost abot $30, no comment on it, used as baseline
Nordost Valhalla: A crisper, cleaner sound, more dynamic, a bit more detail heard on the recordings. I thought the soundstage lacked depth and the sound a bit clinical. So better, but not by much.
Lessloss DPFC Origonal: A bigger step up, the same improvement in dynamics and detail, but sounded more natural a better musical flow, definitely more enjoyable
VD Master mark 3; Very similar to the Lessloss, but with better base grip. More enjoyable for that.
So there clearly was a difference and the Lessloss and Virtual Dynamics were about equal in quality, though I preferred the VD. I would say there was not as much difference as putting the same cables on the amp or CD player, perhaps that is accounted for by the Pure Power being a regenarator, not a conditioner. If I had one, it might be interesting to repeat the comparison with a conditioner, but I don't have one.
So that's what I found.