frankpic, how many watts are we talking about from your tube monos and do you know the amps they draw? Did you just have to much gear that needed isolation or were you worried about not enough current?
Vinshine X Collaboration with Kinki Studio, TheTai Hang power enhancer
What a surprise after installing the Taihang in my system,, in a word, amazing. Stage depth clarity was amoung one of the first things I notice. My system consists of tubes pre and power amps, with a digital and analog front end. Tubes as we know exhibit a second harmonic noise distortion which is a given and something we live with as it’s our perception as being more musical. Dirty power can add more nastiness to this by way of unfiltered AC. With the addition of the Taihang it has made all the background information much more clearer. My speakers are fairly high resolving so was able to take advantage of this additional gain the Taihang give me. Leading edges from instruments started and stopped more precisely still retaining musicality. Black background noise seemed non existent as we like saying but in this case it really does without straining to not hear. So clean power can do all this, seems to be! Also will mention as in some cases experienced with power amps, I sensed no loss in dynamics or compression which is one of the biggest concerns when implementing such products. This in my first day of listening. So again I’ll go back to my original statement, amazing! Alvin’s collaboration as he calls it, has some magic inside this beautifully crafted box.
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Hi everyone. Just got my unit in the US yesterday and so far seems I wasn't hit with tariff 🤞 although I heard its like taxes in that you can be chased for it at a later date...
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@classicrockfan Be careful. Opinions like that will get you drummed out of the corp. |
I’ve had my Taihang in my system for a week now and it is replacing a PMS-156. Everything about the T/H is big improvement over the 156. It is much better built. The H/T is solid and has heft to it. The 156 looks and feels like an entry level piece, where the T/H has style to it and fits the part of a high end system. The T/H is in a different league sound wise. It is truly a superior performer. It has brought a whole new level of performance out of my system. Plus it's less expensive. Although it has two less sockets, I would rather trade that for the uptick in performance. Thank you to Alvin, Annie and the Vinshine team and congratulations. This is a great product. |
I took a leap of faith after watching the Hifi Huff review. Well, also because i have only had good interactions with Vinshine, pre & post purchase. On with my impressions: At this time, this is limited to the static/buzz I hear on my Cornwall IVs when music is not playing. This was audible from my couch, which probably irritates me more than it should. The static/buzz started when I purchased my 1st tube amp, the Decware SE84UFO2.1. I reached out to Decware and one of the recommendations was to get a humdinger by Van Alstine. I can't remember the order of my purchases, but I also have the Decware Line Conditioner (ZLC). I had the following plugged in, in the following order: Wall>Humdinger>ZLC>stereo gear. This reduced the amount of static/buzz but it was still audible from my listening position. I also moved so I have 2 test cases for this, however the result was pretty much the same. Anyhow, I didn't learn my lesson or I like to torture myself so I ordered a Decware ZRock3 (EQ) to get a little more bass from my SE84UFO. The ZRock has a gain in the back in addition to the knob on the front to increase/decrease base (there is also a switch, but that's not really in scope at this time). I apologize for my crude descriptions of these features. I tried the ZRock3 between the Preamp and the Amp and also between the DAC and Preamp, as that is the recommendation from Steve at Decware. Great, honest guy by the way. He recommends placing the ZRock where it sounds best to me. Long story short, increasing the gain on the back of the ZRock3 increased the static/buzz while connected to the SE84UFO. I also tried this with my Pass Labs XA-25 with similar results. I could turn the gain down, but now I was turning up the volume on my preamp to get the same amount of volume (I don't know if this is a bad thing or not, but it's just what I experienced). Keep in mind, this is my experiences PRE-Tai Hang. Post Tai-hang: By post, I mean I've eliminated the Humdinger and ZLC from my chain. It's just the Tai Hang to my stereo gear. I can plug in my SE84UFO and ZRock with the gain turned up to MAX and the static/buzz is no longer audible from my couch. It is still there, but I have to put my ear up to the horn on my Cornwalls to actually hear it. Success! I have been chasing this "issue" for a couple years now. Glad to say it was money well spent on the Tai Hangs. I purchased 2 so I can really maximize the benefits (1 Tai Hang for my amps/preamps/tube gear and 1 tai hang for my sources (DAC, transports)). I am still testing some things out, but ironically if I use my XA-25 in conjunction with the ZRock3, the static/buzz volume increases, although to a much lesser extent when the ZRock3 gain is turned up. I guess Decware products are made to pair better with their stuff so it makes sense in that regard. Once I situate my gear again to plug into their appropriate Tai Hangs, I hope to just enjoy the music soon. |
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