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| Nordost Vishnu or Shunyata Copperhead Power Cord I hadn't seen Ken's system when I wrote this. I like his components and share a few of them: the Quantum units and, as previously mentioned have had the Vishnu power cord. My system is a First Sound Deluxe MK 1 1/2 (I haven't fully upgraded to a M... | |
| Nordost Vishnu or Shunyata Copperhead Power Cord P.S. Brahma is ALSO a great cord. I'm a Shunyata fan, but the Brahma is an excellent cord as well. My post must have posted immediately after you posted, because your comment about trying out the Brahma wasn't there when I started writing this (sh... | |
| Nordost Vishnu or Shunyata Copperhead Power Cord To respond as directly as I can to the question, both of the cables are good. I've never owned the lower-tiered generation of Shunyata, but I've had most of them, from the Black Mamba (first generation) to King Cobra (first generation) and usually... | |
| Shunyata Python CX vs Kubala Emotion Power Cords? Hi Steve:I think you wrote me and asked me about the Pythons, since I recommended them. What's the rest of your system now? | |
| Brought a new Tweak home today to try out. mjelco, usually cones fit with the wide part under the component and the spikes downward. The Sort Kones, however, are not cones, so they don't follow that rule. The Goldmund cones, which I have, are also a pyramid-type design, but I don't think N... | |
| Brought a new Tweak home today to try out. Mceljo, I agree completely with you about the Sort Kones. I have the aluminum steel, aluminum ceramic and the Bronze (the titanium are stupidly expensive).Do you have yours pointed with the narrower end on the component? I had originally placed th... | |
| component cones/spikes vs. rubber I've found the Sort Kones to be more effective than even my Goldmund Cones, and I always thought the Goldmunds, given that they're a 20+ year old product, were as good as it got. I could clearly hear/lose emphasis, in particular, in a Nancy Wilson... | |
| Opinions on the new Shunyata Black Mamba CX Lacee: The Tetras?? Nice!!! I once had them for about 6 months (I reviewed them) and they were some nice speakers. I know John Atkinson panned them for the technical aspects, but with the Shunyatas and the First Sound and Hurricanes (but Nordost i... | |
| Opinions on the new Shunyata Black Mamba CX I've just received my Black Mamba CX cord and, out of the box, without break-in, it is impressive. The clarity and suddenenss of attack of triangles and bells ( specifically on the RCA SACD Daphnis and Chloe) is really, really good with no "halo" ... | |
| Nordost Pulsar Points -Anybody Tried Them? This is probably a closed thread, but as I have both Pulsar and Quasar points, I thought I'd leave my insights for anyone who comes here in the future.The Quasar Points, I've found, work quite well under speakers (Hales Revelations 3) currently in... | |
| goertz cables I have the Veracity speaker cables, which I found nearly an exact match for Nordost Valhalla cables, as did, from memory, HP back in TAS around issue 106 or somewheres around there. It took vinyl playback to differentiate the Nordost from the Divi... | |
| NAD vs. Cambridge Audio MJ:Im sure you have more experience with the amp, as you've lived with it longer. I was referring to the CD player's bass, which, as Harley pointed out in his review, was not its greatest strength. He did allow that, in balanced mode, it gained in... | |
| NAD vs. Cambridge Audio I understand your point. The point is exactly as you have said, "synergy." And amps and cd players made by the same manufacturer will typically complement each other to the point that, where the amp is weak, the cd player is strong, and vice versa... | |
| NAD vs. Cambridge Audio My experience with the Cambridges has been with the CD player: the 840C. I liked it, but ultimately found it to be too "polite," which Robert Harley noted in TAS. From the reviews of the amps, the amps are a bit more aggressive, which stands to re... | |
| Review: Oyaide R 1 Tweak Interesting, Philly. I haven't noticed a hyped up upper midrange and highs, but I'll look out for that.While I'm waiting for my Hurricanes to arrive back home, I'm using an Arcam FMJ 22 integrated. Given that the Arcam is pretty natural in the upp... |