Speaking of a Denali, I need the space that my P20 is occupying and I’m thinking (unhappily) of replacing it with something that will fit into my rack. I spent the last day and a half auditioning a Shunyata Denali 6000 V2. I’m surprised how good it sounds. Not quite the spaciousness of the P20 but really good. And since i don’t have the space for it, I didn’t take the Typhon which I’m told makes it sound even better.
Decision will be made for me soon as we prepare to move.
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I’ve become a big shunyata fan boy. I even bought two of these, ebay, to power my subs. I use Puritan ultimate cables here (standard cable, for now, on the top sub). The Hydra line source goes right to the wall.
You can see a shunyata omega XC. That goes to the wall and powers my Denali/Typhon.
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What is it?
A one in, two out power conditioner/distribution. Couple bucks on eBay and serves a purpose. Sonic benefit, no way.
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Does that Typhon thingamajig do much?
I like it feeding my pass amps…a lot. I think pass amps like great power cables or the extra, whatever, the thypon does. The qrbb thing is real; or I hope so, spent enough on it.
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Ron…try the Everest on for size…The Denali V2 is truly a reference quality product…but the Everest takes the best that the Denali has to offer and steps it up a few notches.
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I have 2 of these for my mono amps:
Venom Amp-1’s
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Interesting! How do you like them?
I like 'em just fine.
I don’t recall a particular, startling improvement in sound when I put them between the wall outlet and the amplifiers along with some hefty, long Pangea AC-9SE MkII power cables.
I wanted to get 20 amp cables in front of my amps and needed to have longer cables to accommodate some repositioning of the amplifiers.
Since the AMP-1s have 20 amp cable IEC connectors, I had an excuse to try these out and found them used (they are long out of production) for a good price; and I also was looking for a way to add some surge protection and free up some outlets on my other power management components.
According to the head honcho at Shunyata:
The AMP-1 “…was designed specifically as a single outlet, inline device, that provides local surge protection and noise reduction without any significant loss of DTCD. In other words, it is ideal for amplifiers plugged into a circuit separate from the source components. Many custom installers also use it for video projectors.”*
*Venom AMP-1 - AudioAficionado.org
The system sounded great and I never went back to compare with and without Amp -1s. That has not been practical with the current distance to the wall outlets and the length of my available power cables.
Maybe one day I can pull them and see if they are actually ineffective as far as sound quality.?
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My new plan, copy this:
Well, all except for the non-speaker audio gear. I have that already.
Great looking room, even if.
Versus this:
Those electronics seem more attractive.
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Vivid jump?
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Most likely not. But if I did I’d like those things staring me down.
That room would be swell too!
From where I sit my Vivids look like bowling pins.
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550 pounds each
Just one 450 pound amp to drive them.
Two for the MBL Extremes. Bah!
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I have this fantasy to be able to move components alone
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Become buddies with Yoda.
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my yoda skills stop at about a pound
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I’m fortunate enough to hear both systems and both are the best of the best that I have ever heard. The MBL requires lots of extras like amps (4) lots of cables and lots of space and most importantly lots of money! The MBL is the best imaging and easily the best speakers for classical large ensemble music!
I haven’t heard classical on the Estelon extremes yet. I’m not sure the vivids can match the sound stage of the MBL’s without perhaps the Bacch Adio involved? Hoping @aangen and his Adio can make it down someday to give that a try!
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I love the MBLs. But since they are omni directional, I don’t understand why they always toe them in.
Jeremy explained it to me but after a while, all I heard was babababababababaaaaaaaaa.
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