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In Reply to: RE: Just like marriage, Dr. Blank.... posted by David Pritchard on June 11, 2015 at 11:52:56
David-
how do you like the Black Sands Audio products?
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The Black Sands are fine. In my system the Synergistic Research power cords are special.
Concerning power cords, Alan Kafton has just come out with an adaptor to condition the ground wire of the power cord. I have ordered the adaptor and am looking forward to it's evaluation.
Hi, David....thanks for the kind mention. Just to clarify, the new adaptor conditions the Hot, Neutral, AND Ground conductors (and also importantly) and internal ground contacts (within the AC plugs) at the same time....never been done before. The ground pins of most AC connectors are fairly substantial in mass as well.
To Audiomaniac:
A suggestion. When you get your cables back put them in the system and play them for several hours a day for three days, only then start your critical listening.
Many opinions as to why it happens but most people at audio shows agree that on day three most systems sound better.
David....I just installed audiomaniac's cables on the HI-POWER Cooker, and as they are new, will give them 4 days of conditioning. I also e-mailed him regarding same, and advised at least one full day (or more) of playing music through the newly-conditioned cables so they may settle-in, before doing any critical listening.Since I'm only doing this in one session, rather than performing 2 or 3 Cooking-and-listening evaluations, I'm trusting the 4 days will be more than adequate. After settling-in, I have no doubt audiomaniac will hear improvement. We'll await his commentary in a couple of weeks.
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Yes, I'm going to give it a while after I get them back before I make any kind of conclusions.
...playing time did your new cables have, before you sent them to Alan? Moreover, were you able to listen to these cables, at all, pre-Cooking?
Back in 2003, when we first took receipt of a Cable Cooker, we had about a dozen identical 1-meter pairs of single-ended Kimber PBJ. Some had been used since 1993, others were new (both from the Ziplock older production, and some from the newer clamshell packaging).
Thus, we were able to compare treated versus untreated samples. We were also able to leave a given interconnect on for increments of 1-day, 2-days, 3-days, and so forth.
Back in 1986, I started with the Original Monster Cable, and Monster's IL-400. So if we do the math, I went about 17 years, before having access to the Cable Cooker. And that is too bad. Thanks to some of today's audiophiles, who have graciously located some of their old (> 20 years) cables, we regret that cable burn-in devices were not available, back in the 80s and 90s. We currently have been treating these 20-year-old cables, and all these years, we did not see their true potential, got only a small fraction of what they are capable of. Back in the early 90s, we loved the AQ Lapis, XLO Reference Type 1, Kimber 4TC. As much as we liked the untreated samples, the treated versions are significantly cleaner, less grainy and distorted.
Kudos for making the effort, taking the time, and encumbering the expense to get your new cables treated. You are light years ahead of those who haven't.
Not too long. But the top end was irritating and I knew that they would need some serious break-in time if they were going to have a chance in my system.
Priority mail.
Cool! My system has been way too quiet! I'll post a report after I've had a chance to run them in a little. Thanks!
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