Has anyone tried these stunning new CPT power cord?
Considering the many, many brands of power cords I've tried in my very well accomplished high-end system, I have never been so impacted by these Core Power Technology power cords. Within a very short period(15-20) minutes my system literally came alive. Soundstage opened wider and deeper. The background became dead silent, space between instruments and stage members were more focused and everything sounded cleaner and musical than ever. My highs had a glorious crispness and symbols shimmered. Midrange through my 2" horn became more dynamic and punchy. My 15" bass driver tightened and dug low with great control. My Rel G1 which is a fabulous sub on its own but with a CPT 150 on it is another story. Running high pass from my sub to my Audiozen Noah amplifier, music depth is just stunning. Lower end bass is authoritative and clean with solid grip and impact. My experience with these power cords is truly magical. The scary part of the above is I only have one 150 on my sub and one 300 from my wall to my 6 outlet bar. I still need 3 more to complete my system. I could just imagine the level after that...In closing, I cannot emphasize enough to try one of these in your system. I CANNOT and WIIL NOT take these out as they are that good. But hold your jaw, cuz what you've been listening to will just become real after Core Power Technologies.
Mike Powell is very easy and fun to work with. I ordered the Jays Audio cdt2 from him last week. He is very knowledgeable and willing to help out others to make their audio experience better. And yes, his videos are quite entertaining and informational.
Thanks for the Equitech pic twoleftears. It saved me from opening mine up to see what it would take to replace the duplexes. Looks like it's daisy chained also. Not much room to work with in there!
lak: OCD HiFi Guy (Mike Powell) specializes in cables and power distribution products manufacturing. He is an audio dealer for a small number of brands like Jay’s Audio, Denafrips and others.
He likes Furutech brand products. He’s fanatical about using solid, sometimes milled, silver wire and bars in his cables and plugs. Fun videos to watch if only for the entertainment value.
You guys should use the new Duelund 600v 12 gauge stranded and tinned wire to do your mods. This wire sounds amazing. I am using it now to build my power cords and they are the best I have heard. Only $10 meter. I will now use it to upgrade my BPT Balanced Conditioner. I also suggest putting in a nice DC blocking circuit. Many of these torroids Buzzzz🐝
OCD HiFi Guy has a set of videos about how to avoid daisy-chain wiring receptacle outlets on a power strip. I suspect a similar approach can be adapted to a conditioner. The first one below provides the intro. The second one provides details of the revised wiring scheme.
Does the direct wiring from the transformer really have that good of an effect? My 1800 was upgraded by Mike at Tweek Geek with Furutech wiring and NCF receptacles and when I took a peek inside it was daisy chained like my stock one.
Ozzy isn't afraid to spend money on upgrades, that's one of the many aspects I like about him ;-)! The wire upgrade, direct wiring and upgrade of the IEC isn't too expensive and no doubt a good way to go.
It’s likely that the sorts of post-market mods Ozzy did for his CPT 1800 would have similar benefits on other conditioners. But those Furutech GTX Nano outlets are quite expensive.
I used Military spec 12 gauge silver/copper stranded wiring. I purchased around 100 feet in different colors a few years back off of eBay. I also used Furutech nano liquid on all the connections.
And yes, all in all it was a huge upgrade in sound quality. I have my 2 mono block tube amps now plugged into it along with other pieces of equipment. The amps used to sound better plugged directly into the wall but since the mod they sound way better plugged into the revised 1800.
@mental I misunderstood/misread your original post. I thought you were referring to CPT, as this is a CPT thread. CPT marketed a power cord, and the link was to the Amazon twin.
My comments had nothing to do with Cullen--he wasn't in my mind, and I certainly didn't make any allegations. Ironically, in fact, I am the happy owner of 3 Cullen PCs. He makes them up himself, obviously based on cable sourced from somewhere. They are good quality and perform well.
I have four Cullen power cables in my system and the are excellent in every way. The two Cullen Crossover Series ll power cables I have are high-end in sound and build quality.
The Chinese balanced power supply came in and is a very solidly built and nice looking unit. Plugged my plasma into it and the picture quality improved nicely. Out of curiosity I tried it in my audio rig with my transport, DAC and pre amp and was pleasantly surprised by how good it sounded. It's not up to par with my Equitech Son of Q by any means but for those on a tight budget that want to clean up their power you can't go wrong for less than $200 shipped.
Patrick Cullen and Cullen Cables have nothing to do with CPT and never have. The cable that Mark was selling is being sold on Amazon by WAudio whoever it is sourced from in China. Order one and try it as you have 30 days to send it back if you don't think it is the same cable. As you discovered Furutech is a Japanese company.
@mental If I remember correctly, it came out that that power cord was sourced from China, and its twin brother could be found on Amazon and/or ebay. Note that it's not mentioned in the Exogal purchase agreement.
Not much soldering is usually required for something as simple as what ozzy is describing. Daisy-chained outlets only require twist-on splice caps, as do connections to the transformer. Maybe the fuse holder requires soldering but twist-on caps might work there.
You know we think that the CPT 1800 is such a great design. And for what it does it is great. But many important design choices were made so it could be built as cheap as possible.
If Exogel purchased the design then here is what they bought.
Inside the unit is a very cheap breaker ($1.50 at Parts Express, along with the IEC). The outlets (at about $2 each at Home Depot). The wiring is daisy chained from outlet to outlet. Which means that the last outlet is getting power from whatever is left over.
The transformer used is the claim to fame. If we could find that transformer the rest of the parts would add up to under $50 total! The case is overkill to give the impression of weight.
I went ahead and eliminated the breaker, and daisy chain wiring with high quality 12 gauge wire directly from the transformer. I also replaced the outlets and inlet with Furutech GTX Nano’s.
Sorry Hugh, your post was right under Jeff's from Exogal. It's Jeff that I want to keep us posted on Deepcore!
Sure Mark will say he's going to take care of all the customers he owes money. He's good at making such promises, not so much at keeping them. Not sure if Exogal has any mechanisms in place to ensure that those promises are made.....but the deal isn't finalized yet so maybe they will.
My chinese balanced transformer arrives today, I'll try it out on the plasma and let everyone knows how it works out. For those looking for a great balanced power conditioner until Exogal can transfer every thing over to them, check out Equitech. They were the pioneers of balanced power. Their Son of Q has transformed my system.
Exogal wants to make things right if mark wont be able to, but at the same time they don't want to buy other peoples problems... here we are still getting screwed while marky mark and the funky bunch want to play with our money, awesome.
Thanks for sharing madavid0, mine shipped last week. I hope it's good enough for my tv system as the Equicore Son of Q will not be leaving my main rig. I love it! Balanced power does wonders.
It's good to see Marks mess will hopefully get cleaned up by Exogal. I only say hopefully as all the i's aren't dotted and t's crossed yet.
Maybe I'll get a Deepcore yet......once Exogal has totally completed the acquisition of it. Keep us posted Hugh!
So I got my Chinese balanced isolation transformer from AliExpress yesterday and has been burning in since. It's showing an open ground on the outlets so that's probably proof that it's running balanced.
Anyway, first listening experience is that there's an improvement in soundstage imaging front-to-back, my reference classical CD (Le Sacre Du Printemps XRCD24) I believe shows better separation between instrument sections and the brass are better defined -- also I believe decays are longer / more audible. Mind you this could be in my head and there's been a few other changes in my setup too so this bears further investigation so this impression shouldn't be taken as definitive truth yet.
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