Gryphon PowerZone 3

[Kingrex]

I have a heavy leather collar with spikes for my Poodle. He looks pretty tough in it.

He also looks good in his Xmas collar with sleigh bells!!

 

[Holmz]

I have a heavy leather collar with spikes for my Poodle. He looks pretty tough in it.

He also looks good in his Xmas collar with sleigh bells!!

What the poodle’s name?
And the model? (Standard?)

 

[Kingrex]

He goes by Biz. As in Bizzy. As is his personality. 57 lbs

 

[marty]

I’m using a STEALTH Dream 20-20 with the PZ and it outperformed other cheaper cables (200-2000 Euro price range). And the difference was huge, sonically speaking.

Nice! The Dream 2020 is a superb PC! (It's the first PC I found to be superior to Furutech DPS4.1)
I'm using 2 Stealth Dream 2020's; one on the Soulution 727 pre and the 2nd on the Lampi H360. They are superb. For reasons I don't understand, the 727 sounds best when plugged directly into the wall, but the H360 sounds best when plugged into the Allocator

 

[John T]

Nice! The Dream 2020 is a superb PC! (It's the first PC I found to be superior to Furutech DPS4.1)
I'm using 2 Stealth Dream 2020's; one on the Soulution 727 pre and the 2nd on the Lampi H360. They are superb. For reasons I don't understand, the 727 sounds best when plugged directly into the wall, but the H360 sounds best when plugged into the Allocator

Interesting, as you know Marty I'm also a fan of DPS 4.1 and haven't found anything to outperform them. I use them throughout the system with the exception of the subs.

Interesting enough (how this happened is a head scratcher) Marty and I have identical front end, Solution 727, H360, Taiko Olympus/Network, and Mephisto Solo's...

 

[Davidz]

After living with my new Powerzone 3 for a couple of months, I've become inspired to add my two cents to this thread. It replaced my Shunyata Everest 8000/T and Omega XC PC, both of which served honorably in my system for 5 years. I have the Grimm MU1 driving a pair of Grimm LS1be's. Part of the appeal of the self-contained system is it offers very little daylight for tweaks, like new interconnects, DAC, amp, etc., or other expensive audiofool impulse purchases. But, hey, tweakers gotta tweak at least once in a while, and the PZ is easily the most amazing one I have ever encountered.

I won't belabor descriptions of the magic already well documented here. But there's one dimension that has really taken me by surprise: low level resolution. Ever since encountering volume knobs on electronics in early childhood, the pattern has been consistent: the "presence" of the music just evaporates as the volume gets lower. That is no longer true with the PZ in the system. In fact I find myself being drawn into the music even more. Somehow the magic is even more enveloping. Maybe it's a bit of an exaggeration, but to me it is like the sonic equivalent of defying gravity. Given that I live in a condo with apartment neighbors, this is especially valuable.

I'll add one more unrelated tidbit. I purchased the Lessloss Stellar Entropic PC to feed the PZ. It easily bested the Omega XC, which also had the requisite c19, 20 amp termination. I didn't compare it to any other PCs, but at $2k and change, it seems like a good deal. Interestingly, I tried a Lessloss cable to connect the PZ with the MU1, and got different results. The incumbent Shunyata Alpha PC sounded better.

 

[taww]

As much as it's an audiophile cliché, the PZ is pretty magical. It changed so many aspects of my system's presentation for the better.

 

[Davidz]

As much as it's an audiophile cliché, the PZ is pretty magical. It changed so many aspects of my system's presentation for the better.

Yes, it is very impressive!

 

[Low325]

After living with my new Powerzone 3 for a couple of months, I've become inspired to add my two cents to this thread. It replaced my Shunyata Everest 8000/T and Omega XC PC, both of which served honorably in my system for 5 years. I have the Grimm MU1 driving a pair of Grimm LS1be's. Part of the appeal of the self-contained system is it offers very little daylight for tweaks, like new interconnects, DAC, amp, etc., or other expensive audiofool impulse purchases. But, hey, tweakers gotta tweak at least once in a while, and the PZ is easily the most amazing one I have ever encountered.

I won't belabor descriptions of the magic already well documented here. But there's one dimension that has really taken me by surprise: low level resolution. Ever since encountering volume knobs on electronics in early childhood, the pattern has been consistent: the "presence" of the music just evaporates as the volume gets lower. That is no longer true with the PZ in the system. In fact I find myself being drawn into the music even more. Somehow the magic is even more enveloping. Maybe it's a bit of an exaggeration, but to me it is like the sonic equivalent of defying gravity. Given that I live in a condo with apartment neighbors, this is especially valuable.

I'll add one more unrelated tidbit. I purchased the Lessloss Stellar Entropic PC to feed the PZ. It easily bested the Omega XC, which also had the requisite c19, 20 amp termination. I didn't compare it to any other PCs, but at $2k and change, it seems like a good deal. Interestingly, I tried a Lessloss cable to connect the PZ with the MU1, and got different results. The incumbent Shunyata Alpha PC sounded better.

Thanks for this. I appreciate it this so much cause we hare both LS1be/MU1 owners - not that many of us! My good buddy with the bunnies has been pushing for the PZ into every system - based on his positive experience. Good to hear the performance of the LS1be can benefit still from power conditioning. Perhaps, I need to revisit a little upgrade-itis, outside of the Grimm ecosystem.

 

[Davidz]

Thanks for this. I appreciate it this so much cause we hare both LS1be/MU1 owners - not that many of us! My good buddy with the bunnies has been pushing for the PZ into every system - based on his positive experience. Good to hear the performance of the LS1be can benefit still from power conditioning. Perhaps, I need to revisit a little upgrade-itis, outside of the Grimm ecosystem.

Thanks for the note. RE: the LS1be and MU1 -- were you aware that there were major software upgrades for both? The LS1be was in the summer -- the impact on sound quality was major. Not so much for the more recent MU1 -- I think that was more of a Roon thing, and mods to make the MU1 compatible w/ other player software.

 

[Low325]

Thanks for the note. RE: the LS1be and MU1 -- were you aware that there were major software upgrades for both? The LS1be was in the summer -- the impact on sound quality was major. Not so much for the more recent MU1 -- I think that was more of a Roon thing, and mods to make the MU1 compatible w/ other player software.

Yes. I applied both MU1 and LS1 updates and agree the LS1 firmware was a clear and positive impact while increasing on an already solid performing system.