macdude
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| Wall Outlet Oyaide, Furutek, Wattgate, and others Just using one. My power conditioner and a Nordost QX2 is plugged into it. Still can't believe the improvement with the cover. They should sell the outlet, frame, and cover together. The first thing any audiophile should do is get a dedicated line... | |
| Wall Outlet Oyaide, Furutek, Wattgate, and others Hi Audiolabryinth, I use the rhodium on my wall outlet. My power conditioner is connected to it. I have an Ansuz Mainz power conditioner that I like, but it doesn't use GTX-Ds.I also run a dedicated line and Nordost QX2, QV2, and QK1. I have Ziro ... | |
| Wall Outlet Oyaide, Furutek, Wattgate, and others Still stunned at the increase in coherency, scale, and resolution due to the outlet cover. They must coat these things with magic dust. | |
| Wall Outlet Oyaide, Furutek, Wattgate, and others I have the GTX-D rhodium for my wall outlet. I have tried the gold in a power conditioner and would only use it there.There are places where you can find the frame and cover at a discount, but it's worth the full retail cost. I was hesitant to add... | |
| Wall Outlet Oyaide, Furutek, Wattgate, and others I agree with Audiolabyrinth.I have the GTX-D with the outlet frame. The outlet frame itself made a dramatic difference. So I thought the cover was an afterthought (and only for aesthetics).I just installed the Furutech cover and I'm stunned at the... | |
| New Firmware for Playback Designs MPS-5 Hi Dave,I have the Synergistic RED SLOW SMALL 1.6A Fuse.I also use Stillpoints Ultra 5 underneath the 3 footers of the player.Another big upgrade was adding a Nordost QX2. | |
| New Firmware for Playback Designs MPS-5 Any Playback owners looking for a nice upgrade should try the Synergistic Red fuse. It takes the Playback to the next level with an increase in texturing, musicality, and low level details. | |
| Powerstrips: Oyaide MTB vs Acoustic Revive RTP Thanks for the suggestion, but the HB powerslave is way more than I would like to spend.I did upgrade to Audio Sensibility's Power Statement SE by Steven Huang and it's a big leap forward from the Acoustic Revive. Costs the same as an Acoustic Rev... | |
| Wall Outlet Oyaide, Furutek, Wattgate, and others The Furutech wall outlet frame also makes a huge difference. I would recommend anyone considering getting the GTX to get the wall frame without hesitation. Easily the best bang for buck in my system. | |
| Powerstrips: Oyaide MTB vs Acoustic Revive RTP I have now tried the Ayre L5-XE, Running Springs Haley, and Acoustic Revive RTP ultimate.The Acoustic Revive is the most transparent and neutral out of all of them. | |
| Maestro vs. Furutech GTX-D Gold AC Outlets I have the GTX-D rhodium and I agree with Gbmcleod:It's utterly grain free. Also quite lively sounding with jaw dropping detail retrieval, though it doesn't have the bloom of the Maestro. | |
| Apple Lossless, AIFF or WAV for itunes? @MwheelerkI have compared flac vs wav rip of the same CD on my Naim dac and wav has more immediacy to it.I was curious to how a purchased wav album sounds so different than my CD wav rip. Like you said, could it be a different mastering or convers... | |
| Apple Lossless, AIFF or WAV for itunes? WAV. I have a WAV album downloaded from Juno that sounds much better than a FLAC rip through my Naim DAC. In fact, I'm astounded how much better it sounds. Only if WAV was more readily available to buy. | |
| Audience Versus Running Springs Power Conditioners I had the aR2p. It injects dynamics, but I felt it definitely colored the sound.I currently use a Haley, but I can't comment on it alone. I use it with a Vertex AQ Jaya filter and Maestro outlet. The take home lesson for me was that a line conditi... | |
| Has anyone heard or tried the new Naim Dac? Classicjazz, I agree with you on the imaging, though I don't have the Naim sitting on an isolation stand. With my previous DAC, Chord QBD76, you could pick out a layer of music and follow along. Depending on your viewpoint, some people may call th... |