Hi Tom,
Congratulations on your purchase. I'm sure you will be more than pleased with what you hear. It will take quite a few hours for it to settle in. You'll notice improved sound immediately, but it will mature over the next 200 hours or more. As far as the Blackbody, I think Louis does a great job of describing the effect on his website. I describe it as a passive field conditioner that reduces the electromagnetic radiation generated by the electricity passing through the circuitry of your stereo components. Since electricity passes through all the components, from power conditioners to the speakers they all experience the distortion cause by this problem. I have a Blackbody pointed at every component I own including the PSU of the Tunnelbridge. In my experience, you will notice a difference every time you add a Blackbody to your system, but I wouldn't add more than one Blackbody per component. There seems to be a point of diminishing return when adding too many. I have a Blackbody placed about 8 inches from the PSU pointing North. Although I try to point the Blackbody North, some components don't readily allow me to do so. For example, I have 2 Blackbodies pointing at the crossover circuitry at the back of my woofer and mid/tweeter of my speakers which face South. The North direction gives the best results, but you will still hear a reduced digital/electronic sound so prevalent in solid state equipment. I currently have 12 Blackbodies in my system. I have also noted that you don't hear as dramatic an effect in the sound of you system when mixing other power cords, interconnects or speaker cables. The addition of a Firewall will also make a big difference. I also can't understate how important vibration stabilization is to you system. I have not found a better product than the Nordost Sort Kones for this purpose. I don't like their power cords or cables as much since I compared the LessLoss products to them, but I can't recommend their Titanium Sort Kones more highly. I hope this helps you make a decision on your next move.
Sincerely,
Alanwc
Congratulations on your purchase. I'm sure you will be more than pleased with what you hear. It will take quite a few hours for it to settle in. You'll notice improved sound immediately, but it will mature over the next 200 hours or more. As far as the Blackbody, I think Louis does a great job of describing the effect on his website. I describe it as a passive field conditioner that reduces the electromagnetic radiation generated by the electricity passing through the circuitry of your stereo components. Since electricity passes through all the components, from power conditioners to the speakers they all experience the distortion cause by this problem. I have a Blackbody pointed at every component I own including the PSU of the Tunnelbridge. In my experience, you will notice a difference every time you add a Blackbody to your system, but I wouldn't add more than one Blackbody per component. There seems to be a point of diminishing return when adding too many. I have a Blackbody placed about 8 inches from the PSU pointing North. Although I try to point the Blackbody North, some components don't readily allow me to do so. For example, I have 2 Blackbodies pointing at the crossover circuitry at the back of my woofer and mid/tweeter of my speakers which face South. The North direction gives the best results, but you will still hear a reduced digital/electronic sound so prevalent in solid state equipment. I currently have 12 Blackbodies in my system. I have also noted that you don't hear as dramatic an effect in the sound of you system when mixing other power cords, interconnects or speaker cables. The addition of a Firewall will also make a big difference. I also can't understate how important vibration stabilization is to you system. I have not found a better product than the Nordost Sort Kones for this purpose. I don't like their power cords or cables as much since I compared the LessLoss products to them, but I can't recommend their Titanium Sort Kones more highly. I hope this helps you make a decision on your next move.
Sincerely,
Alanwc