Happy Cake Day!
Thanks Al!
That review builds my faith in audio reviewers. They definitely believe the same thing I do about the PowerZone. So many of us have them, and no one has spoke anything but Can’t Go Back to not having it. This means, somebody has to be the first to say “as reported in ASR, the King has no clothes.” Be the first!
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This is an old review. The same gent did the same review last October for Hifi+ I posted last October post #571. I believe this is the same review just reposted for the Absolute Sound.
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Hi-Fi+ and TAS are sister publications and you’ll see reviews appearing in one magazine and then later on in the other from time-to-time.
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This was one of those times. I’d like to see some other publications like Stereophile do a “fresh” review but those here who know, know. Removing it once in the setup is like removing air from the room imo.
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TAS pretty much got it right without too much hyperbole. Summing up, assuming one’s system is up to the task the PowerZone 3.10 brings out the best of one’s components. Just give it ample time to break in.
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I find it telling that there isn’t a single negative comment I can remember reading here about the PowerZone and that isn’t all that common.
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Could have fooled me! Great review though.
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I haven’t seen an estimate of what the freaking US tariff will be on any Gryphon gear.
The 10% tariff is split so Gryphon eats 4%, and US customers will pay 6%. I know this based on my inquiry from a dealer last week.
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Ask the forum and you shall receive! Thanks Donald!
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This is the same thread I removed “the hype is real part” there’s no hype here it’s a legit product and those of us lucky to live with one know what it does! I’m extremely grateful for my powerzone! thanks to @aangen and @1cdfoley for making it possible! It definitely is a can’t live without product! Hope to see more new owner reviews soon!
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I miss the hype already, lol.
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Maybe I can change it to “the powerzone is real” lol
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PowerZone [Required](to be a Real Boy)
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So I’m listening to my (PZ-less) second/smaller system, which has the same Mola Mola pre/dac as my main system, but different amp and smaller Audiovector speakers. Nevertheless, before I got the PZ in my main system, I felt the smaller one put up a pretty good fight and was even a hair better in a couple respects.
Fast forward to today, and while the smaller system still sounds good… I’m finding it makes recordings sound much less differentiated from one another than the main one. It sounds far more compressed than I recall in the past, and the overall fidelity gap has widened significantly. Nothing has really changed with the setup here, but two major things have happened in the main system: the PZ has continued to break in and do its thing, and I got the Tempus switch. The combination of the two is pretty magical and complementary at elevating resolution, realism and expressiveness, but I’m mentioning this in this old PZ thread because I looked back at my listening notes here and it’s clear that all the improvements I noted back then stand out even more many months later. Obviously this is anything but a controlled comparison, but what the PZ has done for that system continues to impress. I hate to use hyperbolic words like “transformative” but it’s damn close.
There’s no way I can justify getting a second PZ for the smaller system, but… sigh.
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Long live the Powerzone!
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Some of the lads had noticed an edge to the sound with a fresh PZ. I thought it was great out of the box. But a week later the good went to great. After two weeks, still more improvement. After a month I was starting to think witchcraft.
In my experience it continues to improve for at least four weeks. But I have only gone through the process once. I had a chance to do it a second time but I gave that opportunity to a friend.
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Agreed - I think any comments about “edge” or “a little too detailed/highlighted” (e.g. Jay’s Audio Lab’s otherwise positive review) are attributable largely to break-in/settling, and whatever remains is a system balance circumstance. My system errs slightly lean/detailed and the PZ only helped this situation.
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