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RE: Maybe I missed it

If I read it correctly, Duster states that the Flavor 2 has a bloom and the Valab has no bloom at all with a dry treble. I have the same Valab cord with over 400 hours burn in time. I am using a Merdian 808 CD player with a VH Flavor 2 cord with Oyaide P079 and C079 connectors, the Preamplifier is a BAT32SE and a 55SE amplifier. I replaced the cord on the CD player with the Valab and got approx the same sound as Duster. The Flavor 2 has lots of bloom with a huge sound stage and the Valab has less bloom with a slightly smaller sound stage, although it does have a little bloom probably because of the tubes. The treble is dry with a slight amount of fine grain.

I liked the Flavor 2 better, although I would like a little less bloom. The Flavor 2 replaced a Shunyata Python that was real warm and had a grainey treble. I now have the Valab feeding my Shunyata Hydra 8 from the wall socket, this looks like it will be a better match as it has reduced the bloom slightly. Previously I had a Shunyata Python and a VH Flavor 4 on the Hydra, the system sound was on the warm side.


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