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  1. CGabriel

    2017 Cable Guide

    We have posted our 2017 Cable Guide on our website under 'Products'. The new power cords, speaker cables, interconnects and digital cables are all included in the guide along with descriptions of the new technologies.
  2. CGabriel

    Audiophile pricing

    This is a question from "caesar" that was posted in a different thread. I have moved it because it is off topic from the other thread. I believe that "caesar" wants to talk about pricing practices - ours specifically. Let's see if we can have an adult conversation without a decent into chaos...
  3. CGabriel

    Bottlehead Headphone Amplifiers

    We had Dan Smalle of Bottlehead over to listen to his latest creation. This is a beautiful 845 based headphone amp. We also tested several other models. It is very interesting that different types of headphones react so radically different to different type of headphone amps. I don't really...
  4. CGabriel

    HYDRA Upgrades

    For all the Shunyata Research HYDRA owners: We have several upgrade programs to improve the performance of your power distributors. Please check it out here: http://www.shunyata.com/support/upgrades Products affected included the following: HYDRA TRITON HYDRA TALOS HYDRA DPC-6 HYDRA CYCLOPS...
  5. CGabriel

    TRITON v2 CGS - Chassis Ground System

    There have been many questions regarding the CGS system that is part of the new TRITON v2 power distributor. The following is a web version of the CGS APPLICATION GUIDE. CGS - Chassis Ground System CHASSIS GROUNDING — HISTORY Many of the practices that we use in audio have come from the...
  6. CGabriel

    Shunyata Research TRITON v2 Annoucement

    The long anticipated TRITON v2 will be shipping to dealers next week! Manufacturers suggested retail price: US$6995 Please contact Shunyata Research Customer Service with any questions you might have. cservice@shunyata.com
  7. CGabriel

    Unknown Speaker

    I was watching a television show about a movie from the early fifties and saw this very interesting speaker on the set. Does anyone have any information on what it was called and what it was used for? Notice the guy sitting to the left to get an idea of the scale of the speaker.
  8. CGabriel

    The Final Turntable

    This is our last turntable: The KRONOS PRO-250 Louis Desjardins: Designer of the KRONOS Opening the crates: Assembling the legs: Stand is assembled: The carbon fibre platter:
  9. CGabriel

    Miracle landing

    This video shows a stunt plane that looses a wing and manages to land the plane! If authentic, it is a real miracle. Only a stunt plane flyer could have possibly pulled this off. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=1157166247334&set=vb......1173074047&type=2&theater_/*
  10. CGabriel

    Miracle win!

    So what do think of that miracle win by Seattle. Unbelievable!
  11. CGabriel

    DTCD Explained

    Some of you have basic misunderstandings about AC power delivery and power rectification specifically. Without some basic knowledge you will never understand the subject. It is necessary to understand the manner in which power supplies in consumer electronics function. The integrated circuits...
  12. CGabriel

    Fire Alarm!

    This is a very good example of why we always recommend that you replace the "cheap commodity" outlets in your wall. A customer sent us this burned up outlet and the power cord that was toasted by the outlet. Fortunately there weren't any curtains or flammable stuff near the outlet or else this...
  13. CGabriel

    Sigma Power Cords Released

    The long anticipated Sigma Series power cord information is now on the website. And yes Steve, yours are in the first production run. :) http://shunyata.com
  14. CGabriel

    Hydra DPC-6 Review

    Steve Plaskin of AudioStream has just posted a well written and comprehensive review of the new Hydra DPC-6 power conditioner. http://www.audiostream.com/content/shunyata-research-hydra-dpc-6-digital-power-distribution-center
  15. CGabriel

    Mac OSX Mavericks

    I highly warn everyone about upgrading your Macintosh to Mavericks operating system. It has destroyed several of our hard drives including expensive solid-state drives. Once you install Mavericks you cannot return to a prior version of OSX even if you reformat the hard drive.
  16. CGabriel

    Revised Anaconda Digital Cable

    The ANACONDA DIGITAL Cables have been revised. This includes the AES/EBU, S/PDIF RCA and S/PDIF BNC versions. Just to be very clear, there is nothing wrong with the prior cable as many people judged it to be the best they had ever used. The revised cable uses a new conductor that we had...
  17. CGabriel

    Phase error: What are audible levels

    I have been reading some threads on another site about different types of clocks to use as a master reference in a digital system. There are some very impressive clocks built by audiophile companies and some that are industrial devices used for time base standards. There are phase errors...
  18. CGabriel

    XiTron Alpha Digital Power Cord

    I am creating this thread because people are talking about this cable in other non-related threads. From another thread: The XiTron Alpha Digital Power Cord was designed specifically to deal with the type of noise pollution that exits from the power supplies of digital type components and...
  19. CGabriel

    Caelin joins World's Best Forum

    Greetings to everyone. This is Caelin Gabriel from Shunyata Research. I will be checking in periodically if you would like to ask a question or make a comment. Caelin Gabriel President Shunyata Research

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