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
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.
I agree 100% tinear, there is no one size fits all in audio.  Everybody has to find what works for their particular situation.

I liked the effects of a Denali v2 with Alpha XC v2 power cord so well that I bought another. It made a very nice improvement on the front end of my kit. Aspects of the music felt like they started coming from nowhere. But when I put one on my Atma-Sphere OTL amps and the field-coil power supplies the effect was quite astounding. How in the world does putting a (i'll be it passive) filter in between your power amps and the mains current make things dramatically more dynamic? Mind boggling. But it did! [|;^)>

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