Comparing will make clear what you prefer. It is that easy.
Just enjoy it. |
Shunyata and MIT have both the same kind of properties. The both make instruments and voices bigger in proportion than they should be. In real instruments and voices are very direct and small in dimension. When you are aware of this, you would never buy them. It is that easy. I sold and owned the best MIT powercables. A brand like Purist Audio makes superior powercables. This I Judge during tests. Every single part you judge a cable for they do better. |
Audio is about comparing. In 16 years of time I have done thousend of tests. Because I love it so much.
One of my best friends had a concert room with a Steinway wing. Here I learned how small instruments and voices are. The intimate stage and feeling is different compared to when instruments and voices are bigger in proportion.
I don't say that people are not allowed to prefer a stage with bigger instruments and voices.
But I have proven that most people prefer a more intimate and realistic stage.
These days an intimate stage in a wide and deep stage has become my biggest succes in audio.
I never had such a big advantage to compete against other shops. At the end the best sound wins in audio.
Hearing is believing. |
Purist Audio powercables also can give you stunning blacks. The level in physical image of voices and instruments becomes more apparent and round. The other thing what it of a higher level with Purist Audio is the articulation of voices. Word endings on a ssss, ttt or th etc. Breathing of singers en even moving lips of singers are more obvious.
When the blacklevel is higher you get a more intimate sound as well. The same thing about the resolution and detail you can hear. The Purist powercables like the limited edition reveals more details as well.
I have heard often Shunyata cables during shows and in shops as well. I never got thrilled by the overall sound. I am a lot further in the endresult. I can create a superior physical 3 dimensional image. Same thing about details and layers of the lowest freq I can go a lot further.
You Always hear to all the parts togheter, but you get an idea what it can bring and how good it is. |
In 2006 I almost bought Elrod powercables. To be honest I bought a pair here on Audiogon.
Then I received an email from a person who owned the Elrod and said to me; You better buy the Purist, I sold all my Elrod's. I canceld the Elrod's.
The reason why I choose the Purist. Was because I had in my head want I want and need. He discribed the differences between the Purist and Elrod. He was fully right.
And these days I sell Purist Audio. And O mannnn I love their power cables.
When a client of mine will buy a Limited, I will buy a 25 th Ann. powercable. Then I will write a review about it. |
He was fully right about all the parts what it should give. And no I did not test it. So I cannot give an opinion about it. I believe Elrod make very good powercables.
But Purist Audio gives me all I want and need. Even more than I could dream of. |
The limitation of Shunyata is that they make instruments and voices bigger than they should be. When you are aware of how big instruments and voices need to be, you don't even want Shunyatas for free in your set.
This sounds hard, I understand. But creating a more intimate stage the level in realism and endresult is getting higher.
By comparing a stage with instuments and voices which are intimate against a stage with instruments and voices too big people prefer a more intimate stage.
This is a very important part for the absolute sound. This is something I want people to understand why it is important.
And that is why; hearing is believing!! |
Audio is very personal. It is just an opinion. Here in my country the distributer of Shunyata uses the cables the wrong way.
With Pass Labs you get instruments and voices which are way to big in proportion. A brand has his own properties.
3 weeks ago I did a comparison between the KE Powersource+ against the Shunyata Hydra AV conditioner.
The KE powersource was superior in dynamics and in blacks. But also the image was more intimate and instruments and voices were better separated. Going back to the Shunyata the image was less intimate and instruments were bigger.
I don't F.. care about what people say. I use my own ears and perception. I Always want to create a superior endresult against other people. I am only intersted in the best possible sound. The rest I really don't F... care, Just proof it that you can create a higher level in endresult than I can.
The best sound Always wins, it is that simple! |
Time and technique go on. The MIT AC2 was a good cable when it came out. But time goes one, and these days there are better ones. So what is the best now, can be changed all the time.
You need to improve all the time. MIT did not enough to improve. Other brands improve faster so they have an advantage at this moment.
I said it often; you need to compare as much as you can. Don't stare blindly. Open your eyes and ears.
Before owning it, the part to find the best is the fun part. So use it and enjoy it!! |
Know your properties. Every single brand has his own properties. It is important that you are familiar with these properties.
Properties of cables influence the image of an amp/source. When you don't know them you will not understand how your image is build!
That is why comparing is so important. This makes you use properties a lot better.
When you are not aware of properties it will be a big guess. Chance for succes is a lot smaller. |
Often sets who use Shunyata on shows have a stage were instruments and voices are too big.
It Always can be bigger like NBS ( what I sold for 4 years of time)
Listening to live music and comparing audio all the time give you a lot of infomation. You can compare it yourself. Lend a Purist Audio cable and compare it. It is that simple! |
I said it before; compare them yourself. I can garantee you that they are not the best you can get.
I am Always looking for the best. For me orther rules counts. You don't know me.
Question to you: what are the properties of Shunyata compared to competitors?
How do they build their stage and what is the overall sound compared to others? |
I owned the Valhalla for over 12 years of time. I auditioned the Valhalla 2 a few months ago. It still has the same limitation in individual focus as the Original Valhalla has. They have improved in sound and dynamics, but it is still incomplete.
Now I own 2 Audioquest Wel Signatures I have a new level in sound. I have spoken to the head of Audioquest Europe. Because I want to do something with it. Because I want people to hear it them selves. Hearing is believing.
My focus is for 7 years now on a 3 dimensional stage with a realistic individual focus. At the end it are all the parts togheter.
That is why I want to give a presentation with all the parts togheter. Then you can give a stunning endresult. With this you can crush all other demos.
I want people to look further. Audio is about using properties togheter. Because this way you get a superior endresult. I have proven this many times. And now I am on a mission.
The best sounds Always wins, and I will proof it.
I want more live music at audio shows. More than there is now. Because for people who love music it is very important.
Distributers need to work more togheter instead of giving political demos. The endresult needs to go to a higher level.
For this there is only one option. Using the best tools togheter. Most people are sleeping, so I will do it myself.
The differences between Purist Audio and Shunyata is not only the image. But also the level in blacks and the openness in the mid freq.
In a few weeks I will write a review about the Audioquest Signature xlr cables. I can promise you one thing; It is mind blowing. It does things I never auditioned at any show. Blacks, individual focus, openness mid freq, and differences in Heights never have been this clear and obvious. |
Many people and I who love music and good audio are irritated by the low level and wrong approach of how audio shows are being held.
When there will be more information about differences and properties in audio tools, customer will get a much better endresult. This will give more happy people. |
It depends always with which cables you compare them. You say: the image was the same as before. Which cables you used before? |
Clear, because different brands have there own kind of image. The differences in how big instruments and voices are projected is huge! You can ask the question; what is the truth? |
