Chris Vanhause there at vh-audio has an option to put the Furutech GTX recepticles on a cooker that saves alot of burn-in time, as a matter of fact, he keeps some already cooked in stock on the shelfs, that way, no one has to waite a few days for them to cook on his cooker, that is the option I'm taking when I order one, I will need two, I will order the second one latter.
Thanks melguy1, thats good to know..Ill order them tonight.Im thinking the gold mite be good for the digital.I may look at changing the cd player iec in the future..I bet thats a $1 iec
Side_kicki, what do you need to know about the Tara Labs 0.3?, There is two version's that's made now, The extended band width version that comes with the hfx ground station, and the controlled band width version, that is the ISM on board., I can answer all questions you may have, cheers.
One of these days I am going to open up my gear and change the IEC connectors. Its been something on my list for a while but like an true audiophile I never keep any component long enough to get around to making the change! :)
Hi there,just fired up the stereo,the furutech rhodium iec,is a big improvement on my system,compared to the standard iec.I wouldn't have thought there would be much in it.Im glad I didn't go for the gold there,thats just for me.Your system could be different,as the stealth are a warmish pc.Im expecting another big improvement when I change the wall outlets.Way more transparency and the good stuff
I'm happy with the rhodium on the amp.I've removed one adapter there,now to get rid of the adapters on the wall.If I have a gold and a rhodium gtx,that gives me options.I will take them with me when I know where I'm going to finally set up my system.Keith I can't see me buying the omega gold speaker cables,I wish I could,but even at 10k,its still a lot of coin.I may go stealth there,at under half the price.Xmas is not far away,saving for the rest of the year now.No I don't know melguy1,well I don't think so.
Bob, I'm not sure if there is a market for used state of the art recepicles?, I was considering doing the same, get a gold and a rhodium, chris reffered both me and melbguy1 to get the gold on our warm sounding solid state, I do remeber talking to chris, he did say the difference was very subtle, but noticable, all I know is what chris at vh-audio and the furutech site says gold on solid state, Rhodium on tube equipment, would be nice if you got both and sharred your impressions before I buy mine, so I can conclude my decision on what to buy, do you know melbguy1, he lives on the other side of australia from you?, cheers.
Hi there Keith.I think I have made a gain with the furutech 20 amp iec on the amp.I'll know tomorrow for sure.I just started the stereo this afternoon. It wasn't hard changing out the 15amp,it did have a fuse in it,which the 20 amp hasnt got.I screwed the wires in yesterday and retightened them today,,which it does need,IMO.I have a voodoo wall plug here,I mite put that on, till the gtx arrives,just to know.It probably wouldn't hurt to have a gold and a rhodium wall plug,what do you think ? One component just mite sound better on the gold.Just a thought.
Melbguy1, thank you for the reply. I think I'm going to try the outlet. I only need one in my system so I won't be too expensive. I will go for the -R version as well and report back my impressions as compared to the R1.
Melbguy1, I am very interested to hear your thoughts on the GTX-R. I have used cryo'd R1 outlets for about 6 years and love them. It would be hard for me to imagine anything better. Please update us on your impressions compared to the R1.
David-melbguy1, that is my dealer for the furutech GTX -Rhodium or Gold recepticles, Chris is a great guy!, we have talked many times, for some reason, he reffered the Gold over Rhodium for my system, hey, check out this product he carries, It's called the plasmatron, very incredible, I talked to Steve nugent of Imperical audio about this, that is who brought it to my attention, then I talked to Chris Vanhause there at vh-audio and now have had a relationship ever since, tell me what you think when you look on the vh-audio site and research the plasmatron, do you know Bob-misternice?, I have had a great audiogon relationship with Bob for a while now, cheers.
Thankyou melbguy1 for your great response, that is an awsome line conditioner!, I never seen one handle a high current amp either,thanks for the link as well to the conditioner, your new cd-player is very costly, I was shocked of the retail, not many players these days cost that, you been through alot, and alot of money, you deserve this player, ENJOY, Happy Listening.
Melbguy1, let me know where you do your reviews, I do enjoy the nice reads, I enjoy learning what you have to say, most of the equipment you have, I have no exsperience with, so all that you say will be a treat indeed, however, please elaborate about the gigawatt power conditioner here, if you do not mind, I will be in the market for such a device to go on my temporary cd-player on my main system, Temporary-meaning, I will be putting it on a second system when I am able to buy a much better piece, The vincent cd-s7 has a gorgeous sound, worth keeping for sure, it is a tube/solid state hybred player, it has the 12au7 times 1 and 12ax7 times 2, and a 6z4 recitifier tube in the power supply, an exceptional player for $2,500.00 that sounds better to me than the Ayon cd-2s that was alot more money, cheers.
wow! Melbguy1, congrats on a fine cable, will you do some reviews of some of your cables and equipment here, this thread is up to 16,000 views, so you never know who you can find that may have in common the equipment and cables you enjoy, you can answer questions on what you have or owned would be an asset to us all, cheers.
calvinj, believe it or not, I have owned a few other brands of cables in my time, when I discovered Tara labs on my own, I remember, my first Tara labs interconnect, A $40.00 prism, then a $60.00 made for cd-digital prism, I was in owe how the cheap Tara labs was better sounding for little money back then compaired to other cables costing the same, But man, have times changed!, Tara Labs does not even make cables costing that kind of money any more, to tell you the truth, I do not know what their cheapest cables cost?, It's been a very long time that I have had the model called The One, and much higher models of Tara labs cables, off the top of my head, I believe I may have been buying Tara labs cables for atleast 20 years or 25 years, cheers calvin.
Melbguy1, yes got that right, I can only dream about The Evolution Grandmaster cables, The next level down is called, The Evolution Zero I/C and Evolution Omega speaker cables, These are my target to get over the next two years, hopefully less time, who knows, I'm just working towards them is all I know, when I get my hands on them, these should be the last cables for me at this level, would be great to ride off into the sunset and be done with buying and selling, you know, getting off the merry go round, cheers.
That is cute fellas, But I do not believe Tara Labs would go for that, sadly, I believe it's best not to call me Mr Tara Labs, patent infrigement comes to mind with many other bad etc..., any way, welcome to the thread Melbguy1, here we talk about any thing, there is no such thing as getting off topic here, it's the people's thread, as a matter of fact calvinj, melbguy1 knows alot about audio, especially particular tubes, ask him anything audio and you would be amazed with his accurate answers to help you, cheers.
I do not know calvin, I do not even see them any where on the audiogon these days, I have not said nothing to them to leave, I do miss talking to pops, Grey9hound, waxwaves, etc...
Hi there,yes its definitely worth getting those recepticles,ill have to get a couple..My other v12 arrived yesterday,2 is better than 1,that's for sure.My system has just jumped a few more levels.Listening to it today,its just awesome.
Bob, The Tara labs Cobalt with oyaide terminations turned out quite good, I am satiesfied, during break-in, the cable had exagerated bass and a some brightness to the mids and treble, man has that all went away, I have learned you have to keep power going through the cobalt atleast a couple hours a day to keep it sounding great, if you leave the cable un used for two or three days, it will begin to sound un-burned in again, very strange, takes alot longer for all my other cables to not sound burned-in, like a couple of weeks or more, now, The Tara labs Cobalt does sound like a referance power cord, the bass is very defined, deep, and super fast, you can here music you never heard on your recordings before, the treble is incredible, the mids are too, really a very good balanced tone cable to say the least, clarity is top shelf, foremost, this power cable is lighting fast with slam!, not bad, since I only paid $1,000.00 for this 3ft cobalt with oyaide terminations, the terminations I discovered gives the cobalt a smooth warm sound to it, helps equal out alot with the extreme resolution, cheers.
Misternice-Bob, If you can get your hands on the Furutech GTX-Gold or GTX-Rhodium it would be the end game, the GTX furutech is suppose to be the best recepticle money can buy, it is a recepticle for the wall you are getting?, I am getting the furutech GTX model soon, the outlets have to break-in too, so you may not form your final impressions for some time, cheers.
Hi.. the f133 rhodium.Hopefully thats the right choice.Parts connexion was the best deal.The other crowd not mentioning names, had $114 for postage.So had to by pass that one.
Hi there.First week back at work, not that easy, but I survived it.Not much happening mate., my pc isnt here yet , but cant be too far away.I got a furetech 20 amp socket keith, its very well made.I may throw that on the amp this weekend.
Anyone out there had the chance to listen to any of the new tara labs power cords, such as the cobalt referance, The Evolution Omega, The Evolution Grandmaster power cords????
calvinj, your assesment is absolutly correct, However, The Excellent thing about Tara labs, Is they work on most systems to good effect, not all of them, just most.
Putting a matching system together is important. People think it's just a cable or company shoot out. You got to match your stuff up. Total system performance.
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