I'd really love to try one of these things. I'd be happy to shell out what is a massive amount of dosh if I KNEW it would bring big improvements.
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I'm Harry.
I'd really love to try one of these things. I'd be happy to shell out what is a massive amount of dosh if I KNEW it would bring big improvements.
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Harry, do you trust my judgement? If so, I can tell you that, outside of a major component upgrade (such as with your Ushers), the Ultimates will provide the most astonishing sonic improvement in your system, such as you won't quite believe until you hear it...
Wanna hear those top-notch recordings of yours in (truly) all their glory? Then fit a 'stiffy' or two!!
Marco.
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Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.
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Yes wall socket to P10Originally Posted by clap
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Speak to Kevin at Signature
He will arrange for his local guy to loan you one I'm sure
I didn't bother with much investigation on the first night as I didn't think it could be that good from cold and new.
The improvement in sound makes you stop
the P10 is one of the biggest single improvements I have ever heard
Put a stiffy on the front end and you have heaven
Last edited by MikeMusic; 21-01-2013 at 08:32. Reason: idiot typos
TAD CD / DAC / Pre, Technics 1210, MCRU PSU, Mike New Bearing & Platter, Stillpoints LP1 weight, Speedy Steve Ebony armboard, Fidelity Research FR64FX arm, Ortofon SPU. Aurorasound VIDA Phono Pre Amp, TAD Power Amp, TAD E1 speakers. Coherent RTZ 3 Grounding box, Coherent grounding cables, Creaktiv racks. Coherent Mains Cables. SR Blue Fuse. Interconnects : Coherent and Yannis 223.5 Connect Litz. Coherent speaker cable. Audio Magic Transcendence Conditioner. Coherent mains socket. Mains Filters : , PS Audio Harvesters, Russ Andrews Purifiers, Tacima, Vertex. Black Ravioli and RDC supports. Electric Beach S1NX platforms for TAD CD and Technics. Ferrite chokes everywhere except the above. Ears, brain
Mike
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A P10 is mandatory with Ushers !Harry, do you trust my judgement? If so, I can tell you that, outside of a major component upgrade (such as with your Ushers), the Ultimates will provide the most astonishing sonic improvement in your system, such as you won't quite believe until you hear it...
Wanna hear those top-notch recordings of yours in (truly) all their glory? Then fit a 'stiffy' or two!!
Marco.
TAD CD / DAC / Pre, Technics 1210, MCRU PSU, Mike New Bearing & Platter, Stillpoints LP1 weight, Speedy Steve Ebony armboard, Fidelity Research FR64FX arm, Ortofon SPU. Aurorasound VIDA Phono Pre Amp, TAD Power Amp, TAD E1 speakers. Coherent RTZ 3 Grounding box, Coherent grounding cables, Creaktiv racks. Coherent Mains Cables. SR Blue Fuse. Interconnects : Coherent and Yannis 223.5 Connect Litz. Coherent speaker cable. Audio Magic Transcendence Conditioner. Coherent mains socket. Mains Filters : , PS Audio Harvesters, Russ Andrews Purifiers, Tacima, Vertex. Black Ravioli and RDC supports. Electric Beach S1NX platforms for TAD CD and Technics. Ferrite chokes everywhere except the above. Ears, brain
Mike
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Should have said
As the P10 didn't give me enough clearance my the oversize Mana rack it had to go on top
Therefore the Isis instead of being on a Mana Ref top, on top of the rack is now in the middle of the rack
So even with that drop in position and sound quality it still way out performed the previous set up
TAD CD / DAC / Pre, Technics 1210, MCRU PSU, Mike New Bearing & Platter, Stillpoints LP1 weight, Speedy Steve Ebony armboard, Fidelity Research FR64FX arm, Ortofon SPU. Aurorasound VIDA Phono Pre Amp, TAD Power Amp, TAD E1 speakers. Coherent RTZ 3 Grounding box, Coherent grounding cables, Creaktiv racks. Coherent Mains Cables. SR Blue Fuse. Interconnects : Coherent and Yannis 223.5 Connect Litz. Coherent speaker cable. Audio Magic Transcendence Conditioner. Coherent mains socket. Mains Filters : , PS Audio Harvesters, Russ Andrews Purifiers, Tacima, Vertex. Black Ravioli and RDC supports. Electric Beach S1NX platforms for TAD CD and Technics. Ferrite chokes everywhere except the above. Ears, brain
Mike
To add to Mike's observations, my P10 was a big leap up from the PPP, itself no mean regenerator. My household mains suffers from high voltage flat-topped sinewaves, anything from 248 - 252V at between 3 and 5% distortion. This is typical of most mains waveforms in my experience, few people are lucky to have a low distortion supply. What the P10 does is supply an immense amount of immediate-demand current to maintain the voltage no matter what the system is doing by lowering the incoming supply impedance, at an output distortion of 0.6%.
As Mike says, the sense of music coming from darkness, pinpoint focussed soundstage and subterranean extension to the bass transforms a good system into a great one. Worth the amount you might otherwise spend on upgrades once your system has reached a certain level of capability.
I too use a 2.6mm Furukawa 'Ultimate' input cable.
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Marco, I certainly do trust your judgement. But I have a problem. Well eight problems. Four power amps, CD transport, DAC Pre and two PSXRs. Eight of them would be a hell of a price. Would one make a difference? What would I plug it on?Harry, do you trust my judgement? If so, I can tell you that, outside of a major component upgrade (such as with your Ushers), the Ultimates will provide the most astonishing sonic improvement in your system, such as you won't quite believe until you hear it...
Wanna hear those top-notch recordings of yours in (truly) all their glory? Then fit a 'stiffy' or two!!
Marco.
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I'm Mike.
Good news Harry !
You only need 1 !
TAD CD / DAC / Pre, Technics 1210, MCRU PSU, Mike New Bearing & Platter, Stillpoints LP1 weight, Speedy Steve Ebony armboard, Fidelity Research FR64FX arm, Ortofon SPU. Aurorasound VIDA Phono Pre Amp, TAD Power Amp, TAD E1 speakers. Coherent RTZ 3 Grounding box, Coherent grounding cables, Creaktiv racks. Coherent Mains Cables. SR Blue Fuse. Interconnects : Coherent and Yannis 223.5 Connect Litz. Coherent speaker cable. Audio Magic Transcendence Conditioner. Coherent mains socket. Mains Filters : , PS Audio Harvesters, Russ Andrews Purifiers, Tacima, Vertex. Black Ravioli and RDC supports. Electric Beach S1NX platforms for TAD CD and Technics. Ferrite chokes everywhere except the above. Ears, brain
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From memory this is the first time an improvement has given such an jump in bass. Most improvements take away the 'rubbish/not real' bass
TAD CD / DAC / Pre, Technics 1210, MCRU PSU, Mike New Bearing & Platter, Stillpoints LP1 weight, Speedy Steve Ebony armboard, Fidelity Research FR64FX arm, Ortofon SPU. Aurorasound VIDA Phono Pre Amp, TAD Power Amp, TAD E1 speakers. Coherent RTZ 3 Grounding box, Coherent grounding cables, Creaktiv racks. Coherent Mains Cables. SR Blue Fuse. Interconnects : Coherent and Yannis 223.5 Connect Litz. Coherent speaker cable. Audio Magic Transcendence Conditioner. Coherent mains socket. Mains Filters : , PS Audio Harvesters, Russ Andrews Purifiers, Tacima, Vertex. Black Ravioli and RDC supports. Electric Beach S1NX platforms for TAD CD and Technics. Ferrite chokes everywhere except the above. Ears, brain
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