Hi Rcprince,
thanks for your response. I guess I will have to come up with some patience - I have to confess that this is not one of my strength - that is, allow for my new system to settle in and for me to form a baseline. The problem is that auditioning is very limited at this side of the pond (Switzerland). Going all NBS could be a way to go, but since I use Shunyata's Hydra-8 as power conditioner, the NBS powerchord will not be the best solution, at least not for the preamp or cd player. In that respect I hear what you say that with K-S Emotion i/c your experience was positive and that mating it with the powerchord from K-S would make sense. Now, how positive and, given what you used NBS for in your set-up, how relevant is your experience for me ? I mean, connecting the cd player to preamp within a NBS set-up (or the other way round, that is, a NBS within a K-S set-up) may yield a different outcome compared to preamp and active crossover.
Bottom-line is : I tend to choose the powerchord and i/c (balanced) from the same manufacturer (for no particular reason apart from avoiding too much of a mix) and since NBS powerchord is out given the Hydra-8 and also due to its stiffness, so will be the i/c. That opens the door for say K-S Emotion or (overpriced) Transparent. Any thoughts you can add to that ?
cheers
Mike
thanks for your response. I guess I will have to come up with some patience - I have to confess that this is not one of my strength - that is, allow for my new system to settle in and for me to form a baseline. The problem is that auditioning is very limited at this side of the pond (Switzerland). Going all NBS could be a way to go, but since I use Shunyata's Hydra-8 as power conditioner, the NBS powerchord will not be the best solution, at least not for the preamp or cd player. In that respect I hear what you say that with K-S Emotion i/c your experience was positive and that mating it with the powerchord from K-S would make sense. Now, how positive and, given what you used NBS for in your set-up, how relevant is your experience for me ? I mean, connecting the cd player to preamp within a NBS set-up (or the other way round, that is, a NBS within a K-S set-up) may yield a different outcome compared to preamp and active crossover.
Bottom-line is : I tend to choose the powerchord and i/c (balanced) from the same manufacturer (for no particular reason apart from avoiding too much of a mix) and since NBS powerchord is out given the Hydra-8 and also due to its stiffness, so will be the i/c. That opens the door for say K-S Emotion or (overpriced) Transparent. Any thoughts you can add to that ?
cheers
Mike