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MSA The First power cord review

Posted by ahendler (A) on July 3, 2014 at 09:03:23

System
Basis 1400 turntable with Rega 301 arm and Ortofon 2M Bronze cartridge
Audio Note CDT Two/II transport and @.1B Dac with tube output stage
Shindo Auriges preamp with built in phono stage
2 each David Berning ZH270 power amps
Magnapan 3.6 speakers with Mye stands
PurePower+ 1500 Regenerator
I placed one each MSA cable on the Dac and power amps. I wanted to put a cable on my preamp but I could not get the cable to stay connected to the pre
The cable as ordered is only 1 meter in length but can be ordered at longer lengths. The cable is somewhat stiff but can be carefully bent to suit. It is bright white so in my all black system they visually stand out. All cables in my system are plugged into the regenerator. The original cables were over 5 years old and were top of the line Synergitic Research and a Nordost cable. Sorry I don't remember the model numbers. I also have tried some Venom cables but there was no improvement in sound and even a slight roll off of high frequencies.
The MSA cables out of the box sounded a little dull with slower transients and a little loss of detail. They require a settling in after there shipment coiled up from New Zealand. After about 30 minutes the dullness disappeared and sounded very nice. There is an increase of overall clarity to the system as well as an increase in low level resolution. These improvements are small in nature but definitely audible.
The changes are comparable to putting new interconnects into the system. The change in sound is enough to keep the cables and at a price of only $139 are worth it to me. I might try moving the Dac cable to the input of the regenerator although I cannot see how this would work when the regenerator creates a new sine wave.
I recommend this power cable. Also shipment from New Zealand was only 5 days
Alan

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