Just picked up 12 more MC O5s at the LA AS installed 6 of them on one line and will add the other 6 to my amp line next week. The show was great. High Fidelity New Pro Elite RCA interconnect was quite stunning in looks and sound. At 50lbs per cable 100lbs per set its huge a set weight all most as much as a large amp. Sounded great. They also have a new mono block amp set, but the new Pro Elite RCA interconnect stole the show.
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Hello lak
The Pro Elite RCA connectors can be seen on High Fidelity Face Book page. They are much bigger than the pictures show. Kinda like a stinger missile if you will. I think you will really like the Hemisphere The break in is very long like a wild ride going dark before getting better. Let me know what you think.
Hi jayctoy No, the Pro Elite is a cable inter connect a big step above the Pro line not adapter. i think you could add adapter(RCA) on the end of it just like the rest of the High Fidelity RCA line.
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The 6 MC O5s i add to the 15 on the power line that feeds my Disc player and Pre amp are sounding very good across the board will add the remaining 6 MC O5s to the 15 i have on the Amp line tomorrow.
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Need some input, After spending a fair amount of time in High Fidelity show room at the LA AS and in the past couple of years The Newport Show. I am familiar with the High Fidelity sound if you will. For me it is very detailed, not harsh and very rich sounding and smooth. great space between the notes. Outstanding quietness or very black blacks between the music notes. I own 44 MC O5s, 3 sets of their level 2 speaker jumpers (all in use) and a MC 6 Hemisphere. Ordered a power cord at the LA AS should have it in about 2 weeks i hope. Would like to hear where would be the best place for it? It has 3 possibility in my system, On the SACD/CD player plugged into the Hemisphere. Same set up but plugged into the Pre Amp. Or the 3rd spot would be plugged into the wall with 21 MC O5s and feeding the Hemisphere with 2 MC O5s plugged into the Hemisphere. Rick suggested i use it on the disc player. Yes i know i can try it in all 3 spots for the best place. Would like to hear from other power cord owners on their opinions of where it would sound best and how long of a break in before it is at its best? The power cord i ordered is the UR power cord . It can not be used on my amp, the amp is on a 20 amp line and all Ricks power cords are 15 amp at this time. What say you?
Thank you for your time
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aniwolfe
I have found for me the best place for the MC O5s is on the wall plug. each time i have add MC O5s to the wall plug the sound improved. Their is a improvement when adding the MC O5s to the MC6. Rick use to demo that at the audio shows i attend in the past. He did add several to a MC6 at a show and it was a improvement. For me at the wall plug worked best. What my MC 6 Hemisphere sounded without the 2 MC O5s, i can not reply to. I add the MC O5 to it the same day i got it and never listen to it with out the MC O5s and never looked back very happy with the MC 6 Hemisphere. It replaced a PSaudio P10
enjoy Pete
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jmcgrogan2
Thank you for the info. What kind of break in time would i be looking at on the power cord?
Pete
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Hello jmcgrogan2
Yes it is me. Yes i paid full price for the Jumpers. And have not received any pay or compensation of any kind for it. I have always paid for all my High Fidelity gear. Same price as everyone else.
Enjoy Pete
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jmcgrogan2
You are right you did not ask. But felt it need to be said before any body jumped to a conclusion. Celebrity not wanted or needed. Just what worked for me.
enjoy Pete
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My UR pc has about 35 hours on it now, and the biggest improvement is in the base. At times the sound stage seems to be taller. With voices floating at the top. Between the speakers and some times dead center. the bottom of the sound stage at times is wider out side of the speakers. It really seems to change with what music i play.
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Hello lak
The UR pc is plugged into my disc player from the Hemisphere.
Enjoy Pete
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Hi lak
I use the Dac that is in my disc player Esoteric KO3x.
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tgun5
Yes they need music playing or something drawing current at where they are plugged into. Power being off did not help. Mine where good right at the start but got better with about 20 hours of use time on them. Some users claim they need 50 plus hours before they sounded good. How are you using them in your system?
enjoy Pete
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tgun5
I liked and felt the ones i put on my 20 amp dedicated line feeding my amp gave me the biggest increase in performance. the MC o5s i put on a separate line feeding my pre amp disc player flat screen and sat. box where nice also. I tried some with my PS audio P10 was good, but it was better when i took the P10 out of the loop. Lets us know how they work out for you
Enjoy Pete
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Can any body compare the High Fidelity UR power cord with the UR
Helix power cord? At $3,000.00 different in price, how big of a difference is it?
Thanks
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Thanks lak for the info, I did jump in and order on a UR Helix PC should be here by the end of next week. i will be able to compare them side by side. For me they are not cheap if there is not big enough difference i will return at the end of 30 days.
Enjoy Pete
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Well i have about 6 hours on the new UR Helix power cord and its been mixed bag of sound. The positive so far the sound stage got bigger, much wider. The highs seam to be very clear at times a little thin. The negative at times the sound in the mid range is a little bright or thin. The base has a little more punch but it to is a little thin. The first 6 hours little disappointed. My MC6 Hemisphere was the same way and went from ok to poor to good to great. It had a long long break in and finally replaced my PSaudio P10. So i will give the UR Helix PC more time and report back at about the 50 hour mark. I did move my UR power cord that was on my disc player to the pre amp, so i am not sure how this is affecting the sound. I will do a direct comparison later after the UR Helix gets to what i feel is its best.
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Hi lak
The UR pc was on the disk player moved to the Pre amp. Which had a Shunyata Alapa Digital pc. The UR HELIX is now on the disc player. All three power cord where purchased new. On my Amp i have a older Transparent 20 amp pc purchased used from a local dealer going out of business. The Transparent pc is much thicker than any Transparent pc they sell today it has 3 large net work boxes on it. Was used in the dealers show room.
Enjoy Pete
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My UR Helix power cord now has about 65 plus hours on it. The sound is really good. Every few hours now it seams to get better in small ways. Just enough that you seem to hear something a little better sound. The base has more punch the mids and highs are very clean with no hard edges. I thought they where pretty good before adding the UR Helix pc, but they have improved. When comparing the UR pc to the UR Helix pc there is much more of a difference than I original thought there to be.If you like the High Fidelity sound the UR Helix pc will only increase that sound to a higher level. Smoother across the board and not laid back at all with much blacker blacks no hard edges but detailed.
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Hello t_ramey
Comming at your question from a little different angle. I have lots of MC O5s in my system. I have not removed them from the wall plug that they are plugged into. But when i was on vacation for about a week i did unplug all my gear from the wall plugs. So no power connect any where to my gear. When returning and plugging everything back in there was a noticeable difference in sound (not for the better). It took about 6-8 hours of playing before the sound started to get better. 24 hours of play time to get it where it was before my vacation.
calvinj
I can not speak to your Sonny5400 es Sacd player. But any part of my system that i add the High Fidelity stuff to made a improvement. From Esoteric gear to Oppo, Mark Levinson, Aragon , Onkyo. Samsung tv, Dish sat. box. I would recommend a High Fidelity power cord to go with your disc player or try and get 3 MC O5s on the same plug as your disc player. High Fidelity has a 30 day money back return policy. If it does not improve the sound to your likeing send it back.
Enjoy Pete
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Has any one seen the new Pro Elite power cord on the High Fidelity face book page. WOW very impressive looking its huge.
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kritpoon
High Fidelity very easy to talk to, I would give them a call. Phone number on their web page is the quickest, You can email them i find they get back to me with in 48 hours. I have 44 MC O5s in my system between 2 different wall sockets plugs 2 separate lines. I use to use a PSaudio P10. The MC O5s did much better on the same line as the P10 and not as well plugged into the P10 even better when i removed the P10 out of the loop. Report back what you find out.
Enjoy Pete |
kritpoon
I to have the MC 6 Hemisphere and preferred it over my PSaudio P10. I tried the MC O5s plugged into the P10 and i did not like the sound at all. I tried the P10 feeding the Hemisphere, the sound was ok. But when i removed the P10 from the loop the sound really improved, Just better across the board. The MC 6 Hemisphere does have a long break in period where the sound quality goes from ok to bad to great about 600 to 800 hours. I do have 2 MC O5s plugged into the Hemisphere sockets that i do not have gear plugged into. The rest of my MC O5s are plugged into 2 different lines at the wall. Using the 3 to 1 adapters stacked on top of each other.
For me the High Fidelity "house sound" is very clean sounding with no hard digital edginess. Very good sound separation detailed. Background voices much more present in the sound stage. There is a richer blackness between sounds a much blacker black. Keep us posted on how HighFidelity works for you.
Enjoy Pete
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aniwolfe
Where do you have the 1 MC O5 that you have now? Did you like it? For me the best place for the MC O5s is at the wall plug. I can not answer for the RCA Digital adapters i have never used them. But the MC O5s is the best tweak i have heard and thats why i have some many in my system. If you can get your new MC O5s on your amp line at the wall plug, That would be your best increase i think. Please post your results.
Enjoy Pete |
Took advantage of the sell High Fidelity cables had going on and add 4 more MC O5s. Still have not come to the diminishing returns with them. Add them to the Hemisphere on 2 very short 12 inches power cords with two 3 to 1 splitter giving me 6 total plugged into the hemisphere. Giving me a total of 48 MC O5s total in my system. Cymbals and piano notes seem to have more sparkle or realism to them. The sound got better across the board.
enjoy Pete |
Hello lak, Yes i agree with you. The more MC O5s at the wall plug the better and i would start at the plug that feeds your amp. Then your front end equipment. Filling the open plugs on your MC 6 does not hurt. I saw High Fidelity do a demo with them adding the MC O5s to the open sockets and it all so made a difference for the better. But for me at the wall plug first was best.
Enjoy Pete
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mac48025
I am not familiar with your Wywire Power Broker. Putting them on the 20 amp line i feel would be best. I have 21 MC O5s on one 20 amp line using 2 types of the 3 to 1 splitters. It sticks out14 inches from the wall. I have the same set up on my other line 15 amp non dedicated feeding a MC 6 Hemisphere that has all my front end plugged into it with my TV and Sat. box along with 6 more MC O5s. Just add 4 to the MC 6 Hemisphere for a total of 6 on it. One of the great things about the MC O5s is they are very easy to install and move around. It sound like you have a couple of places to try them in. I would give them about 12 to 20 hours of playing time at each spot and see what gives you the best sound. I think the more you can get on a line near the wall or on the wall seems to work the best. Please report back and let us know what did work for you or what did not work.
Enjoy Pete |
mac48025
I would be careful with just any old power strip-they can add a layer of grunge or noise to the line. I would try and stay with a Audiophile type power strip. For me the splitters work best and that what they used at High Fidelity. Stacking the splitters on top of each other or end to end. As you plug the splitters end to end and add the MC O5s it will get heavy and can pull out of the socket. I cut a 2x6 board and stood it on end underneath them to act like a table and it worked great. since its behind my rack(shelf) it can not be seen. I started with 2 MC O5s and have been adding when ever i can. When they have B-stock i buy them a little cheaper in price and no draw back on performance. the out side may have a few scratches on them, but you can not see them in my system so no big deal. Let us know how they work for you and how you used them.
enjoy Pete
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My HIGH FIDELITY cables (power Cords, MC.05s, Pro Power conditioner) have always sounded great. Never thin a little bottle neck in the break in stages, but once broken in WOW. Very full body and 3 D like. |
littlecx
How are you using your High Fidelity XLR cable (what connected to it ) Are you using High Fidelity XLR for your entire system or just the one XLR cable? |
calvinj
Glad to here they are working out for you. Post again when you get a little more time on them.
enjoy Pete
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Has any one ordered the new MC1-Pro conditioner yet? They look very interesting. I was told you can not really compare them to the MC O5s although they look very similar. I just ordered a Pro power cord so i will have to wait for the budget to come back around.
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It looks like High Fidelity is revamping the products. The ct-1 and the ct enchanced lines are retiring and a new CT-2 will replace it starting in June. It appears like a up grade wave guide. As seen on their Face Book Page.
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The Pro Power Cord is sound very clean with just 2 hours on it. So far i like it and it needs a lot more break in time.
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Hello lak
The Pro power cord just keeps getting better with every couple hours increase. By far a bigger step up compared going from the UR to the URH power cords. Both those power cords are great, but do not compare to the sound quality of the Pro power cord. I still use both of the two power cords in my system, but the Pro really lifted my system up to a much higher level. If you like the UR or URH power cord in your system then the Pro would be 5 times greater or more for me and my system.
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aniwolfe
Yes they are not cheap, more like a major equipment upgrade. So far its been great. |
lilmsmaggie
What can i say, i like the products they work great for me. They have taken my sound system to the next level. Just when i think i have gotten everything out of my system. I add a HFC product and i get better sound. Have not found that diminishing return point yet.
How is your system doing with your up grades?
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Hi lak
I put the pro power cord from the wall to the MC 6 Hemisphere. I was going to put it on the disc player, but after talking to Rick and HFC they felt this would be the best place for it. I may move it later to the disc player, but right now i am really enjoying it where it is at. The disc player has URH on it plugged into the MC 6 Hemisphere along with the pre amp which has the UR on it. HFC felt that it would benefit both components or everything plugged into the Hemisphere.
Yes it put a big hurt on my budget and i will not be doing a lot of things for a while. But when i play music on the system i feel it was worth it.
Its very clear on how much i like the MC O5s. HFC has them on sale here on Audiogone for a good price. i normally would be all over them, but the budget is done for a while.
enjoy Pete |
jay23
Seams like a good question, Why not put it to HFC-Rick and report back
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Hello calvinj
Glad to hear you are enjoying your new cables. What are the other cables in your system interconnects? What cables -interconnect-power cords are not High Fidelity in your system.
In my system High Fidelity Cables are all on the power side, along with the power conditioning. Transparent Referenceis MM2 the speaker cable and Transparent Reference XL mm2 xlr handles the interconnects between components. Would like to get some idea where in the High Fidelity line i would need to be at to better the Transparent cables. |
The Pro Power Cord has about 50 plus hours on it and its still getting better. The music is just really becoming 3D like in the sound stage. Everything is better across the board. I have to be careful the sound really draws you in and i do not get my honey do list done i just listen all day. This power cord is not a tweak its a major component up grade in sound. Yes they are not cheap, but worth the cost.
enjoy Pete
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The Pro Power Cord is just getting better and better-The sound stage has become very layered from front to back very deep now. the width has all so grown to the outside of the speakers. could not be happier with it. |
The MC-1 Pro is turning out very nice
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+1 lak I do not claim to understand the science behind it or any body else products. But the end results is what counts, and with the High Fidelity products in my system it has improved 100%. Its the end results that matter not the science or the theory. Just better music sound. |
ozzy
No at this time their is no XLR adapters, just XLR cables. |
sevenoranges
I went from the UR power cord to the URH power cord. It is a step up, i had the UR power cord on my disc player. I moved it to my preamp and add the URH power cord on my disc player. There was a increase in sound for the better. not earth shattering but noticeable for me. Keep in mind that my system has a lot of High Fidelity products in it. I did not do a A/B comparison. To do it honestly i think you would have to remove all of the High Fidelity products from a system for a couple of days then start the comparison. I feel depending on where you compare the 2 power cords would all so make a difference (equipment used on). I did add a Pro power cord to the mix and that was night and day difference for the better. The power cords are not cheap so what is a good amount of increase for some may not be worth it to others. I would give the MC 1 Pros a listen. Cheaper than the URH power cord and a very nice increase in sound. Slower to break in than a power cord. But if you like what the other High Fidelity products did for your system . The MC 1 Pros will make you happy.
Report back on what you did or find.
Enjoy Pete
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sevenoranges
The MC o.5s are a good bang for the bucks. And for me work well with the MC 1 Pro. The MC 1 pro had a much longer break in than the .5s for me. i am `thinking about adding another MC 1 Pro to my system in the very near future. I have 21 MC O.5 on my 20 amp dedicated line for my amp. I like what they do.
Good luck Report back
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sevenoranges
Yes getting one or two is worth it. I started with two like it so much i kept adding over time. I would suggest get the MC O,5s first. They are a lot cheaper and do not take as long to break in. Then add the MC 1 Pro a little later if you like what the MC O,5s do. Just remember to place them where you want and give them some time. I would not move them around to quickly, it would be like starting over again. Yes i would do the MC O.5s or the Pro before speaker cables or both if you can afford it. that is what i like the most about the MC O.5s you can add them when it is affordably.
Good luck
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ddraudt
Where in your system did you place the MC 1 Pro? I put mine on the power line that feeds all of my front end. Will be getting another Pro and can add it to the same line at the wall or further up the line at the Hemisphere or on the power line for my amp. Everything is connected with High Fidelity power cords and MC O5s . With the exception of the 20 amp line for the amp which just has MC O.5s on that line at the wall.
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