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dCS Puccini Clock

I had yesterday the oportunity to hear for first time the Puccini clock.

I must admit that I was a little sceptical. The system consisted of:

Howland preamp HP-200 SE
Howland amp RADIA SE
Avalon Indra
Transparent power cleaner / station ?
I can't tell which cables

Well the effect is quite amazing and you can easily recognize it in a blind hearing. If I have to describe it I would say, you become aware of the hall / the space in which the recording has been done. The difference is very noticeable when you switch the clock off, suddenly the music sounds dryer, shorter and the space all around the whole music desapears.

I heard:
Luiz Bonfa plays and sing Bossa Nova (Verve)
Bruckner 4th by Jaap van Zweden (bad SACD & interpretation)
Bruckner 4th by Günter Wand (the last recording)
Ports of Call by Eiji Oue (Ref. Rec. bravo Prof. Johnson you are a great sound engeneer!)

One of these days I will take it home and have a test on my system ... and will make some blind hearing with my wife ;-)

I will report then about the experience.
clavil

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clavil OP
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any experience with diferent cables beetween the clock and the Puccini?
clavil OP
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quote : it is the best single box CDP that is in existence

I have not heard the Nagra neither the Spectral 4000, but from the others single box I have heard I agree with you
clavil OP
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Teddy-bear / ours en peluche

what is your problem?

is it so difficult for you to accept that the dCS Puccini is excellent and that it is even better with the clock?

relax and try next time to bring some more constructive post

thanks
clavil OP
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a british dCS dealer reports big improvements by using MIT cables between the Clock and the Puccini.

Had somebody a similar experience?
clavil OP
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Arthursmuck,

a curiosity, your loudspeakers look like the Focus Line Source LS9 ... could you tell me more about them.

thanks
clavil OP
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Jonathan Valin from TAS wanted to compare both players. I don't know if he has already done it
clavil OP
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Elberoth,

any tentative with MIT shotgun or oracle?

All,

If you buy the clock directly in England it will cost almost half of 6'000$

and by the way the Puccini is also down in price to some 12'000$

all of that because the £ is sharply down in last months
clavil OP
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here some british dealer with another opinion

quote: A new clock cable needn't cost a fortune, we get very good results with the MIT AVt1 at £130. However, the differences made by the better cables need to be heard to be believed. The MIT Shotgun digital cable at £599 is a significant improvement on the AVt1, and Oracles (starting at £1,500) are absolutely stunning.

This may be a difficult concept to accept, but no one so far who has heard what these cables do in this context have been anything other than bowled over. END
clavil OP
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strangely on my system which is very holografic, the clock is producing less difference than on the Indra / Howland combination mentioned here above.
I am running the clock with the cables delivered by dCS.

positive effects
- the space beetween instruments is a little cleaner
- the general colour seems a little dryer when I take the clock off

? effect ( I still don't know if it'is positive or not)
- the tonal balance has changed, more high frequencies and less direct power in the medium / bass

I am quite perplex
clavil OP
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for europeans the dCS Puccini plays more or less in the same price category than Nagra, M.Levinson or Audio Research.

is it better to go with an Audio Research like the Ref 7 which has already been replaced by the Ref 8 after only a few years or with the Puccini which should (we hope) have a longer cyclus of life thank to the possibility of being updated by a new software?

... and by the way, sounding better than the Ref7 ...
clavil OP
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have you also tried with Stealth Indra?
clavil OP
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maybe the Paganini could be an option

if you decide to buy, have a look directly in England, the german importer is puting the 30% devaluation of the £ against € in his pocket !

no problem with warranty, you get it directly from dCS
clavil OP
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which power chords are you using with the Puccini, which would be top?

thanks
clavil OP
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thanks Mert

dCS Puccini + Clock
JRDG Capri
JRDG monos 501 + PC1
Infinity Renaissance
interconnects+speakercables NBS Monitor II
power cable between PC1 and 501 NBS Monitor II
Power cable for the rest AET EVO HIN (Japan)

I hear mostly classical music + Jazz

thanks
clavil OP
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why does it have to be placed over the Puccini, I have noticed that my Puccini is always a little warm and I was asking myself if the temperature couldn't affect the clock...?
clavil OP
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upgrading for the clock ...

it will be possible to read high resolution files in 192kHz
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