Taralabs cables

Rebel721, tell us of the sound stage presatation of the Kraken power cord?, Is it up front and personal sounding?, Or is it in the middle of the room presatation?

@Judy: I can't be more agree with you on that! Many reviewers test their new cables on new gear, so it's irrelevant of course!
I test in A/B on the same gear. Can't do blind testing but i should. I really think PC are overrated and overpriced anyway, but optimization is a powerful tool for high-end system and to cable companies unfortunately !

What's funny!, I did not specify what I currently have tested for power cord on my equipment!, and yes Iblieve, power cords are overrated!, I believe you can get more satieisfying results with a line conditioner, LOL!, Oh, I do my best to ignore Judyazblues, as you should!

Hi,for me pc are all part of the big picture,I cant go back to a slow sound anymore.Same with inters and speakercables.Like all of us I wish they were lower priced.

Rebel721,have you herd any stealth gear,I've got a v12 PC arriving this week ,hopefully.There isn't much on the net about them.And thanks for your excellent comments on your system and coming Tara's.A sight to hear I recon.

Misternice, working on 350 hours of burn-in on the Cobalt, This power cord sounds great to me, I like it, like I said before, very fast, clarity to die for, and has good bass to the sound, the noise floor is droped hugely!I suppose you are correct, I do not believe I will go back to stock power cords either, I admitt, takes some getting use to, It seems you hear everything compaired to stock power cords and this cobalt is not as warm sounding like the stock power cords, I believe it's due to not rolling off the highs, pretty much the stock cords are nowhere near as extended in the frequencys as a good after market cord such as the cobalt, If anything, This Tara Cobalt has gave me a good tast of whats possible that may be better out there in power cords, cheers.

Good good,I'm waiting patiently for mine to arrive.I would have tried a jps aluminata PC,if that popped up first,just to know.

I would like to know your impressions of the Stealth power cord when you get some big numbers in break-in on it, How is the line conditioner and resonance shelf making out for you?

Jeb, Yes I heard as well. But when does it end ? I mean how much better can they really get once your at this level. I mean we're talking really small percentages here. IMO....it won't be worth the money.

Iblive, No I have not. But I did own there flagship interconnects on my P2/D2 set up so I would assume that they possess the same character sound like the Esoteric gear. I found all the Esoteric gear to be extremely revealing but lacked texture and body. I noticed this when I demoed the Ypsilon gear in my home. Ypsilon was on a whole other level and the difference was not subtle.

The Krakens possess great weight and heft along with a dead silent background. Tremendous power and energy. You will hear everything the recording has to offer.

I hear good thing about Stealth cables. I like their design as it is very similar to the TL Zero Series. I was considering auditioning them until I decided to just take the plunge and get the new TL Evolutions.

Calvinj, you are welcome Here!, talk all you want, about whatever you want, Happy Listening!

Yes, im hoping its already got enough hours on it.The voodoo, is just a power strip more or less, its good, though I find the amp still sounds alot better plugged into the wall.The rack is a goody.

Rebel721,

Are you getting the Grand Master Evolution IC's with the two Mono HFX boxes? Matching speaker cables too?

Rebel721, It is great to have you on this thread, tell us about the sound of the Hybred Ypsilon equipment, never listened to any of these componets, I try to stay with American equipment, since all the foriegn equipment I have tried was not reliable,not saying yours may not be, I know nothing about Ypsilon other than checking out their internet site because you said you own this equipment, cheers.

Misternice, check out the mad scientist power cord review thread, the power cord has magnets similiar to High-fidelity power cord, but with other goody's to make the power cord work, and get this, they are from new Zealand where you are living?, or did you go back to Australia?, any way, check that out, I would'nt mind buying one,Damn, It's only $500.00!, this beat out all the High Diamond p4 and p3 power cords that costed thousands, mmmmm, Awsome!

Interesting, only one way to know.Let us know what they're like.There is some clever people out there, hopefully they are good, the price is right.
The stealth ,on the way, used to be on a krell mono block,, advertised here on the gon.

misternice,That's what I have, Krell!, The legendary modified FPB 700cx that will be here tomorrow!, what do you have?, make sure you tell me what you think of your new top model stealth power cord, 400 hours today, I believe this Tara Labs cobalt is worth the asking retail price, regardless what the two guys may have said, they have a $10,000.00 power cord for 6ft!, you still stay in New Zealand?

Oh man, 2 guys that are totally clueless.
Pass the popcorn.

Lost In Space
Will Robinson...................

Hi,I'd like to hear a krell one day, .I currently have a plinius sa100 mk 2.The second time around for me,I miss the 250,but as I'm not really settled at the moment ,this will do for now,and I may stay with it.Keith,I'm working in the Pilbara,north west Australia,I may sell up in NZ,and just fly in fly out from bali,a 2 hour flight from here.I can't give up this money ,golden handcuffs they call it.

Yeah, If you are making good money, I wouldnt give it up either!, whats really weird is that nearly every Krell model series sounds different from one to the other, for instance, it all comes down to personal preferance, I like the FPB CX line alot better than the Krell Evolution and Evolution E series, the cx line is totally different sounding, the other two lines are dry and cold extended detailed brittle treble sound, my Krell sounds closer to tube amp sound, on another subject, The Stealth v-12 power cord you are getting is so Brand new of a just introduced model power cord, you will be the first person I know to have one, so if you do not mind, when you get a quik as you can 500 hours of break-in on that baby, I want to know yout compete thoughts of that power cord here on this thread, cheers.

Misternice, I got the amp in yesterday!, needs 500 hours of burn-in, However, we got shocked of the very real sound of the whole picture!, I have no idea other than a conclusion I thought about yesterday, this dawned on me like a ton of bricks!, the couple of guys who downed the Tara Labs cobalt does not have a Tara Labs Zero Gold and Omega gold with the cobalt power cord, Dude, This combo was frickin awsome, the wife was telling me she had goose bumps up and down her arm, that the whole system sounded very natural and real, I was very impressed to hear that coming from her, since this is my hobby and she kind of listens at times and says nothing, I will say this, My cobalt now has 400 hours of continous play on it, yes, at first their was a bass bump like Jebsmith73 said, that went away!, then there was a worse sound, a upper mid-range bump,ouch!, I believe Jebsmith73 called it, to much treble info, that went away as well!, listened to all this happen on dedicated tube head phone amp, the power cord sounds spectacular with the other Tara cables!, I am being Honest here, I am very impressed with the sound of the Tara Cobalt power cord mated with the Tara Labs Zero Gold I/C and Omega Gold speaker cables I have at this point and time, we will see how all sounds when all the rest of the system breaks-in competly, cheers.

Hi keith,are you going to put on a iec on your krell,so you can try different pc.

@ Jebsmith73, are you out there, hey, I was currious about what your system is and the the cables you are useing?, I ask this, because the Tara Cobalt I have has 405 hours on it, The cobalt is connect to a tube cd-player that has two 12ax7 tubes, one 12au7 tube, and the magical 6z4 recectifyer tube in the power supply, then I have all top model Tara Labs cables with a Brand New Krell 700cx amp that costed a pretty penny to get krell to make new inside and out, I am telling you all this, because we both know cables are system dependent!, what I am saying here is this Tara Labs cobalt is like we got new speakers that cost several times than what we have, The cobalt is MAGICAL sounding on our system that we have, you are invited to come hear your self if you can come this way where I live, This power cord is a Keeper!, me and the wife are astounded!

Cheaper than going to the movies.

Good one keith,If youre getting such good results,I would stay with what youre happy with for now.I would like to keep upgrading,but there is lots of other things that make good living.If you have to still upgrade the sound,records are way cool,expensive though,for the whole set up.Is judyazblues going to contribute something positive,Ive only seen negative so far.cheers

Keith,when I had my vinyl,going.I would always put on my favourite record on about 3am before I started work.There is no outside noise and all your senses are tuning in on just the music.You get more emotion I believe with a good record.Ive acquired a new turntable,arm and phonostage for my new set up.Ill get it going next year,after I go back to nz,to get the rest of the bits and pieces.

Hey fellas I'm demoing the veloce amps and pre amps. The pre amp is a joy. The amps go deep and wide and have great detail. Transparency is to die for. I see what they say now about the next level of sound. They are amazing. I put a high fidelity ultimate reference interconnect in with the high fidelity ultimate reference speaker cables. I also have a high fidelity ultimate power cord on my parasound cd1. This sound is flat out amazing. The veloce stuff is all battery power. Clean power with no dirty ac power coming out of the wall. The high fidelity ultimate reference gives it the speed and naturalness. This combination is really good. I am listening to all my music over again. The soundstage is thru my back wall. The decays are flat out natural but extended. Drum work in my system is a delight. I'm going to fight sleep listening to this stuff.

BoB, A Record player would be awsome, I have not got to that point yet financially, It's taking me two years to get to this point, ouch!, this Hobby is more exspensive than both my automobiles thus this far!, I do believe when I start building my second system, I will have a modest priced turn table set up on that because I will be useing a intergrated amp on that, the cool thing is, I have the cables for second system now, yes, Tara labs the one I/C and speaker cables ready to use for that system when it comes into play, right now, I am focused on this main system, I have numerous tweaks I need to do, from modding my digital player, to top best recepticals like Oyaide and furetech, so I have my hands full with all that etc..., currently, I really want to enjoy music, since I had such a long absence of my system of a fricken year,I am very excited to listen to music, Hurray!

Calvin- I have the line stage (the 2.0 version) and it sounds terrific in my system. The guys behind the company are also good people.

More expensive than both my autos

Aw come on, a pair of used Yugos don't cost that much

Calvinj.Its very satisfying when your system takes you to a new level,isnt it.I havent herd any battery stuff, but believe its very good

Yes.The one is a very good cable too keith.An old favorite. Im very happy with my cables.Harmonix golden performance and the onyx interconnects, I have no plans to try and improve there.Not in your guys league, but I like what im hearing.

yes, keep us posted calvinj, I enjoy you shareing your journey, very cool!

Judyazblues, join in mate, tell us how your system is coming along.

No, I am getting the Evolution Omega's speaker cables with the Evolution Zero interconnects. I am not even thinking about Grandmaster anything. You got to draw the line somewhere and this is where I think it's insanity spending that king of money....Not needed. The Evolutions will have no equal which will be good enough for me.

whart, tell us a bit about the veloce equipment, I know nothing about them, chime in, this thread you can talk about anything!

Ypsilon gear is just plain magical. The sound is absolutely breathtaking. Your basically getting the best of SET design along with power of solid state. If anyone ever gets the chance to hear this gear...YOU MUST GO LISTEN. Trust me....you may not hear anything else like it again. Super transparent with unbelievable detail, tremendous body and texture along with BASS TO DIE FOR ! All of the best attributes....could go on and on....

Hi there keith, I had a nice little win yesterday. The dust cover on my turntable got damaged in transit from the usa.I would have been happy with just a new cover, They gave me a full refund, so I got a very nice sota sapphire, mk 4, for free.Very cool, a early xmas present.I would recommend a turntable like that for you keith.Easy to set up, theyre great sounding, and you can jump up and down,2 feet from it ,and the needle wont jump off the record.

@misternice @whart@audiolabryinth. The veloce is really good. The high fidelity ultimate reference speaker cables along with the veloce gave my ears a steroid shot. It have it weight details and naturalness that I had not experienced before. Very pleasing sound. The is combination gave very an extremely deep look into the soundstage with great prat. I'm in audio heaven. There are cable and equipment makers out here that really try to make it better. Veloce audio and High fidelity cables are two brands in high that I know deliver sound in spades.

Hi Calvinj,I wish I was in a postion to hear all your guys systems,in person. Maybe just aswell,Im on the other side of the world.I think I might be alot lighter in the pocket.
Rebel 721 has a system to be very chuffed with aswell.Those grand masters would be breath taking too,I would think.

Hi Guys,

If one of you want to enter the TARA LABS world of PC, my Onyx is for sale!

Bob, you mean you got a free turn table and your money back?, if this is true, some people just have all the luck, You best thank the lord above for that blessing, when the day comes, I hope we are still talking, and I can ask for your help with a turn table, Now about this Krell 700cx amp, man, this thing gets incredibly HOT!,we have exsperienced this amp in the past, some how, it seems Hotter since it operates to specs now, the audio room is really to small for the heat, I run this amp for 15.5 hours yesterday, it was like having the stove opened to heat a home, I believe I am going to get a battery operated fan to blow the air across the amps top to help keep it cooler, now the amp needs to be a little hot to sound it's best, that's just the way pure class A operates, plus, I believe the 20 amp receptical I have is inadequete for the amp,LOL!, it's a $6.50 20 amp recepticle, I will soon be getting the best Oyaide R-1 recepticle or a Best Furetech recepticle, and input a single pole 30 amp breaker, and take the 20 amp breaker OUT, This will make the amp effortless!, should run cooler too, cheers.

Rebel721 said, The Tara Labs new Evolution zero interconnect and matching Evolution omega speaker cable will have NO equal!, of corse I agree, I have the Zero gold and Omega gold, I have NEVER heard better FOR my system!

Sorry rebel721,thats what I meant.My stealth arrived today,its designed for the amp,I have it on the preamp at the moment,because of the plug configuration.Its pretty good,lots of everything.I suppose,Ill have to get a few more now.

Hi keith no worries with any tt help.The gap has closed between digital and analog,For me its nice to have both,I grew up with 45s and 33 records,theres just something about spinning a record.There is a nice vpi aries 1 for sale here on gon,that would look good next to your ayon cd player.
Im looking into putting a 20amp iec on my amp too keith,my stealth is designed for the amp,which has the 15 amp iec.Oh I forgot to say,the reason I got the tt for free,was because,I was honest and just being mr nice.It doesn't happen too often does it,a freebee.

Hi Misternice-BoB, I do not have the Ayon cd-2s player no more, It's been gone a very long time,a year I believe, I bought another Vincent cd-s7 tube/solid state player that is way, way better than the Ayon for half the price of the Ayon, I got the very last new vincent cd-s7 in the U.S.A., I only have 450 hours of break-in on it now!, last time took longer, This player is discontinued now, It has two 12ax7 tubes, one 12au7 tube, and a 6z4 tube in the power supply, dude, you should hear this player on the Tara Labs Zero gold I/C and Omega Gold speaker cables, and the Tara Labs Cobalt with Oyaide IEC and plug is on the vincent too!, the most perfect cymbol sounds you will ever hear, they sound fricken real!, and of course all the other sounds of music are spot on, you know Krell inserted all new capacitors in my Krell 700cx amp that was not available in 2005, It's modded!, I have owned many krells in my time, never have I heard a krell amp sound this good right out the box Brand New Like this one is, they re-did the cosmetics to new as well to, essentially, A brand new Krell 700cx amp, tell me all about the stealth power cord when it breaks in, cheers

Bob, I just did a interesting thing here, I have some Black diamond racing cones and these other resonance tweek ect...,I inserted the BDR cones under the cd-player, The BDR cones destroyed my incredible 3-D sound, However, These Golden Sound DH squares did do something good!, I have 5 of them, you will not believe where I inserted these at?, The girth of the Tara Labs Cobalt power cord is very big, and the weight of the power cable was pulling down from the IEC on the cd-player badly, so I stacked the Golden Sound DH squares on top of one another, not under the plug, but under the body of the power cord right after the IEC plug, wow!, this made a contribution for the sound, I suppose cables get vibrations from sound too!, everthing in the sound improved and still retained my palable 3-dimensional sound!, Awsome, Hurray!