Shunyata Hydra Info Available

Tony, thanks for the report. Many interesting possibilities, many will opt for the hydra/sidewinder set-up to begin with because of big savings over individual KC2 cords, as you say. You mention the possibility of using hydra/PS300 or PS 600 in combination........I wonder if using 2 hydras in series gives substantial improvement over 1 hydra, probably just overkill.

I think two Hydras in series would be overkill Sam. I sold a Hydra to a customer that was in the same dilemma as you, and his final solution was similar to what you mention--he got rid of the PS Audio PP600 he was using, sold some of his King Cobras, and ended up with a configuration of Hydra into wall, King Cobra v2 on his digital into Hydra, Viper v2 on his phono preamp into Hydra, and then stock power cords on everything else. He found that additional KC, Vipers, or Sidewinders after introducing the Hydra made small improvements on linestage, power amps, tuners etc..., but not enough in his opinion to justify the expense. The fact that digital still needs a quality cord even with Hydra is not surprising, but the phono pre results I did find interesting. Perhaps it's because of the low voltages and sensitive circuitry of a phono stage? Anyway, that was one customer's results, YMMV.....

Very timely post from my perspective, as I just purchased a Hydra, and was wondering how far to go with cord upgrades. Thanks to above posters for the info.