Shunyata Denali Damn!


Long time power cable denier here... I just installed the Denali in my SET based system and holy crap this thing is crazy good! AND I must admit I have been very skeptical of power products for a long time having experienced dynamic compression with other products. The Shunyata Denali made the background dead quiet and without a hint of compression on my 300B mono's breathing through 104db horns. Frankly I am shocked and overwhelmed with how much I like this product. Rarely does a product live up to the hype but this one does. Damn, wish I had done this long ago!
tinear123
Shunyata products are truly amazing i put one of their cords on my accuphase amplifier and wow the sound went up many levels instantly.
Has anyone compared the Denali to Audioquest Niagara conditioners?

Michael Fremer did. He didn’t do a shootout or anything, but he did switch from Shunyata to Audioquest. He was very impressed by the Shunyata but eventually tried the AQ and decided he preferred AQ.  I don't know where he is on power conditioning at this point.  He had a whole house power generator installed and it ruined his sound. He found that he needed PS Audio regenerators to correct the situation, but that is probably not the end of the story.  You can follow what he does next in his column in Stereophile.
Actually I purchased both the Syunyata and the Audioquest since well... I had till now not found a power conditioner that I could live with.  In my system the Shunyata was much better however, It's my understanding that your local power issues would be the deciding factor between the two.  Actually the Youtube channel Audio Excellence (i think out of Canada) tackled this very issue recently and that was the conclusion they reached.  

I have good power being only a mile from the substation but have significant noise on the line so the Shunyata was the perfect fit.  If you have power fluctuations but it is reasonably clean it's my understanding that the Audioquest would be better.  Who knows though.  I have found that there are very few absolutes in our hobby as the synergy of the various components of the system is more important that the capability of the components.  Your mileage may vary.