Best power cord for DarTZeel?

KeithR

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First- have had the CTH-8550 in my rig for a month and I have never heard such good sound, period. Its not tube, but not SS. Just stunning, natural sound reproduction. i would casually say its in its own league :). It has slayed a host of great separates in my room fwiw.

I am using a WyWires Juice cord and was wondering if there was a decent upgrade for sane money- so no 3k power cord suggestions please! The Shunyata Alpha was one ive been reading about with all the positive WBF press.

Cheers,

KeithR
 

thedudeabides

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Contact fatwyre AKA the Cable Company and audition to your hearts content.

GG
 

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Transparent Reference MM2. Good stuff. Kubala Sosna works too, Emotion or Elation.


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Talk to Jonathan Tinn.
Evolution Acoustics TRPC is a perfect match for the darTZeel.
 

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Lessloss...A giant slayer...IMO
 

KeithR

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Decided to go search for Kubala Sosna Emotion series after discussing with JTinn and folks. the right price range as well.
 

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Not one Shunyata recommendation??
 

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Not one Shunyata recommendation??

Well, when I owned the Dartzeel combo I was very happy with Shunyata Anaconda Helix and an Hydra 8 ...
 
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I only made that comment based on the many pages of testimonials on WBF from proud and happy Shunyata converts who have seen/heard their systems attain playback quality levels they didn't think were possible. I currently don't own any Shunyata products so I can't be considered as a Shunyata proselytizer. Because I don't have any experience with Shunyata products, I also have no first hand information/experience on how good I think they are or aren't.
 

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I only made that comment based on the many pages of testimonials on WBF from proud and happy Shunyata converts who have seen/heard their systems attain playback quality levels they didn't think were possible. I currently don't own any Shunyata products so I can't be considered as a Shunyata proselytizer. Because I don't have any experience with Shunyata products, I also have no first hand information/experience on how good I think they are or aren't.

As you now have ARC equipment I guess you will probably listen to Shunyata power cables and systems sometime in the near future. ;)
 

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Decided to go search for Kubala Sosna Emotion series after discussing with JTinn and folks. the right price range as well.

Good move. I have all KS Elation cables on my setup.


alexandre
 

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The best in my experience by a large margin are Echole Obsession cords....
 

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Hi everybody.
Received my (second hand) Dartzeel NHB-108 2 days ago.
Sounds excellent right out the box.
I am looking for the right Power Cord.
Auditioned the KS Elation (recommended in this thread) , did not sound right in my setup.
I was searching in Audiogon forums and at ran into a similar thread.
At that thread they told - ask Mike Lavigne.
The rest of my system is : Speakers : PIEGA Coax 70.2, PRE: NAT Magnetic.
My other PC are : DAC+PRE: Stealth Dream V10.
Interconnects: RCA Stealth Sakra + Indra.
Any recommendations ?
Thanks.
 

KeithR

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Hi everybody.
Received my (second hand) Dartzeel NHB-108 2 days ago.
Sounds excellent right out the box.
I am looking for the right Power Cord.
Auditioned the KS Elation (recommended in this thread) , did not sound right in my setup.
I was searching in Audiogon forums and at ran into a similar thread.
At that thread they told - ask Mike Lavigne.
The rest of my system is : Speakers : PIEGA Coax 70.2, PRE: NAT Magnetic.
My other PC are : DAC+PRE: Stealth Dream V10.
Interconnects: RCA Stealth Sakra + Indra.
Any recommendations ?
Thanks.

Congrats- its a great amp!

WyWires Juice cords work really well with my CTH-8550 and aren't expensive. I tried both Emotion and Elation cables, but they weren't a great match with my Zu Definition speakers. Cables are very system dependent.
 

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Can you describe in which way the KS Elation didn't sound right in your system? Or put another way, what differences are you looking for?
 

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