Thanks, people. I was thinking that the dedicated 20 amp line was getting pinched by the 15 am outlet. My power is pretty clean out in suburbia and an A/B test told me the Shunyata conditioner has very little if any effect [for me].
Upgrading power system
Since I already have components and speakers that I love, I try to make an improvement every year with something or another. Last year I bought Magnarisers for My Maggie 3.7's. Nice improvement. Immediate difference. The year before was power cables and conditioner, all Shunyata. And I always wondered why there was little if any improvement. A couple audiophiles said to replace the wall outlet. So I thought about it for years before buying a JPS labs audiophile hospital grade outlet. After removing the original outlet, I compared them. No comparison at all, the JPS weighed almost twice as much and the metal was better quality as well. The JPS was 2o amps and the original was 15. Would I hear the difference? It took all of one minute. Best $150 I ever spent. I was skeptical until I heard the difference, mostly clearer and more pronounced highs and well defined low end. Anybody else have this experience?
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So here’s my $.02. I have 15 amp circuits, and I’m running a low power tube amp and 98 db speakers, so I’m not needing massive current like some. I replaced my 2 outlets with 20 amp Hubbell medical grade outlets. Yeah I know 20’s on a 15 circuit , oh no 😮. But I’m in control of what gets used, so no worries. I then added a Richard Gray power conditioner and I run Morrow level 4 power cords. I MIGHT of had a slight improvement with the outlets and the conditioner. A few weeks later I replaced the original Gray provided cable ( it’s pretty beefy ) with a Shunyata Venom HC 20 amp cable. This made a significant improvement! FWIW , my subs are directly into the outlet and I tried the amp directly into the outlet and prefer it through the conditioner. So my experience is that the “ Pinch Point “ was the between the conditioner and the outlet. I’d love to have an electrician install 20 amp dedicated lines , but under my current ( pun intended ) circumstances it won’t happen. Thanks for sharing and happy listening, Mike B. |
@boxcarman You probably know this, but I’ll state it for those that aren’t familiar with Shunyata. Part of the Shunyata clean power is to use NR (noise reduction) cables. They are usually $100 or so more expensive. These supposedly stop electrical noise from the equipment from contaminating other equipment plugged into the circuit. |
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