Originally Posted by
CageyH
Without hearing the effect of these boxes, I have to say that the price for me is off putting.
£2800 for a box, and around £600 a cable. That is more than the majority of my boxes with electronics in the cost.
Sure I understand that he has to make money. It just won’t be mine....
I think the wife would divorce me if I bought a £2800 box and 5 cables at £600 a pop. Almost £6k for an improvement is sound quality? It would have to be massive to warrant that kind of expenditure.
Kevin
The £2800 RTZ3 is the top of the range Coherent grounding box and can accept a total of eighteen cables.
This particular box is of interest to me and others who own systems with a large number of vacant connections (BNC, RCA, XLR, USB etc).
Believe me, there are a phenomenal amount of vacant connections on a four box dCS Vivaldi digital system that would benefit from having pairs of ground planes tied together.
Thos who own simpler systems, with say a streamer or CD player/DAC and an integrated amp, will likely choose a smaller RTZ box (£800 for six connections and £1600 for ten connections) The cables also start at £250, so no need to pitch in at the CR level (£600).
Tony has a clear upgrade path with generous trade-in for those seeking to upgrade at a later date.
I don't know.nor do I care whats in the box, or how it works. My ears tell me that there is a substantial improvement in sound quality.
Those who have posted that small "cottage industries" like Tony's, need to make a profit to survive and flourish are correct.
Coherent RTZ products are hand-fabricated and this takes a lot of time and effort, never mind the research and testing that goes to develop and bring a product to market.
The fit and finish of both boxes and cables are of a very high standard.
Steve.
My System:- dCS Vivaldi Transport + dCS Vivaldi Apex DAC + dCS Vivaldi Master Word Clock + dCS Vivaldi Upsampler Plus, Aurender N20 Music Server/Streamer, TW Raven One tt/Graham Phantom II/Transfiguration Orpheus L & Audio Technica ART20 mc's, Whest Titan Pro, D'Agostino Momentum HD pre/S250 MxV power amp, TAD CR-1 MKII loudspeakers, REL Gibraltar G2 subs, Coherent Systems BD Mains, interconnects & speaker cables, Sablon Audo EVO USB cable, Tellurium Q Ultra Silver power cords, Ziro Disclosure & Vertex Roraima Hi-Rez power cords + Furutech FI connectors, Stillpoints ESS racks/component stands, Vertex Aletheia PSU2 balanced power supply, Coherent Systems RTZ3 ground box + CR/BD cables, Acoustica Applicata DaaD room treatment, Mutec Ref10 SE-120.