I am using a Shiva from a Tice Powerblock 3CHP to a Rega Planet 2000 and it sounds just awesome - it beat my Analysis Plus Power Oval (blue dot wattgate higher end model) handily.
On the other hand, my Shiva was handily beaten by a remarkably well-made stock 14ga power cord I took from a DEC Alpha server (white jacket, lots of soft gold plating) when hooked to my phono preamp, a Channel Islands VPP-1 with outboard PS. This was also hooked in through the Tice power conditioner.
So, it really depends on where you use it. I wasn't prepared for the massive disparity in performance when hooked to different sources... I was ready to throw up my hands after a stock cord beat up on it in my phono stage test. Then I hooked it up to the CD player and couldn't believe what I'd been missing with the other cord, which I had thought quite good in that role.
At the used price, it's easy to give it a try, and if it doesn't work out anywhere in your system, sell it to someone else.
On the other hand, my Shiva was handily beaten by a remarkably well-made stock 14ga power cord I took from a DEC Alpha server (white jacket, lots of soft gold plating) when hooked to my phono preamp, a Channel Islands VPP-1 with outboard PS. This was also hooked in through the Tice power conditioner.
So, it really depends on where you use it. I wasn't prepared for the massive disparity in performance when hooked to different sources... I was ready to throw up my hands after a stock cord beat up on it in my phono stage test. Then I hooked it up to the CD player and couldn't believe what I'd been missing with the other cord, which I had thought quite good in that role.
At the used price, it's easy to give it a try, and if it doesn't work out anywhere in your system, sell it to someone else.