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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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mert
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Clavil,

I am not familiar with your gear and the cables. I can not make any accurate comment.

However, DCS stuff is powercord reactive. It will change the presentation of your setup.(cords around 2-3k range)

If you would like to hear the dcs as how it is, make a simple DIY cord( would say Acrolink 4030 bulk) and apply any Rhodium based plug(furutech or oyaide) in order to maintain a flat response.
Expensive cords will not make a system sound SOTA but will let to voice the gear according to preference and priority.

Cheers
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kops
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I have found Stealth Dream Digital very good match with Dcs Puccini, with the clock siltech spx30 was good too.
elgar
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Thinking about the many paths to go within my DCS stack, the Verdi/Purcell/Elgar/Verona seems to be a real CABLE-TESTING-MACHINE.
If digital cables are as good as discribed it must be possible to beat the DSD firewire path with matching high quality digital cables using 1 cable from Verdi to Purcell and then using 2 cables from Purcell to Elgar.
If the interconnects are as good, as reviewed this 24/192 path, with MIT MA/Stealth/SiltechG6+G7 etc. MUST beat the firewired DSD sound using the DCS standard 1394, cause the DSD signal is described as only slightly better than the 24/192 !
Seems to be logical for me, but i cannot test it cause at my Purcell and Elgar the firewire terminals are still missing.Would be astonished if i am the first, thinking about this.........
Kind regards
Joe
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mert
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Puccini U clock
It is time to finish this topic!
1-Yes it does make difference! No surprise, I was expecting this especialy when I play damaged, scratched, ext. sort of discs where error correction becomes critical and affects performance.(jitter because if transport can't read the disc 100 percent, it will make second try, third, fourth.....)
2-Stereovox xv2 cable is adequate for this operation.
3-There is no need for skypriced powercords: anyone with a good shield and isolation will work fine.( ofcourse plugs has to be at least oyaide or furutech)
4-computer based audio is getting more and more popular than we think. There is a potential of saving from buying cds.
5-It has to be placed over the Puccini player not under unless you do not have a Finite Elemente Pagode Master Reference stand as I do have....
That's it, good luck to Puccini owners!
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...?
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