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Re: Blue Circle BC 62 power chords

Posted by bjh (A) on August 5, 2006 at 14:32:15

In Reply to: Blue Circle BC 62 power chords posted by McGruder on August 5, 2006 at 12:15:34:

I have a BC3000-II myself, had it since Febuary, and like you I'm positively delighted. I ungraded from the upstart Eastern Electric MiniMax which I felt gave the ARC SP9-II I had been using a good spanking. Compared to the MiniMax the BC 3000-II is in a completely different league, actually more like another world ... of course it ought to be, it ain't cheap!

I have a BC68 but one with what appears to be an inline filter (a round thingy, not the box shown on the Blue Circle site for current production BC68 with built-in filter). I have not had the opportunity to compare power cords because I get ground loop hum with other cords on the BC3000; for whatever reason BC gear seems rather susceptible to ground loops and some units (amplifiers) actually have a ground lift switch saving the effort to use a cheater ... it's no biggie, gotta problem, lift the ground, problem gone!

Now I have compared this particular BC68 to an Ear-to-Ear (E2E)(product made by a designer pal in my area) power cord on his BC9 (an earlier two box BC pre-amp, I think TOTL in its time) and the E2E cord easily outperforms the BC68 in that system.

I also have a BC22-II power amp and the E2E cord likewise outperforms the BC68 in that setting.

I would conclude that while the BC68 is pretty good a little experimenting is worth the effort. For what it's worth the E2E cord in question is a heavy design with silver on copper teflon insulated conductors, uses internal damping (materials), and additionally features multiple shields.

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Now I *have* had luck with an upgrade to the umbilical cord that connects the BC3000's main unit to its power supply. This is a custom jobbie done by E2E based upon the power cord designs. I had posted about it on the BC site but one of the dealers got upset, accused me of shrilling for sales (like there's a big market for BC3/BC3000 Umbilical Power Cords ... sheesh!), and it was pulled to keep the peace.

Anyway, I first heard the E2E umbilical cord on the BC9 and was amazed at the improvements, more resolution, more involving, more alive ... what it does for cymbals in a Jazz setting is amazing. Now when this BC9 is running with balanced cables it's right up there with the BC3000-II performance wise so we're talking about an improvement from an already very lofty starting point!

To make a long story short I borrowed it to try and it's staying! ... PM me if interested.

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