The Interocitor One saves the day again!
Hi Folks,
It's my first time on the forum, so I extend my greetings to all. Gary Koh was nice enough to start this thread (but then he's a very nice guy) when I brought the first prototypes of the Interocitor to RMAF. Since then I have developed the production design and brought the first production units to THE Show in Las Vegas where I demoed them in my exhibit room along with The Lotus Group (distributor for my VRE-1C preamp) and the WAVAC folks. This turned out to be the most expensive system I have ever worked with - on the plus side of $400K! It also turned out to be among the more complex arrangements of amplifiers I have encountered because of the tri-amped Granada G2 speakers from The Lotus Group. This is a phenomenal speaker that is driven by an active, 3-way, DSP crossover, with ICE power modules (500W each) included in the DSP box. All cabling was by Pranawire, and my VRE-1C drove the system, and was fed by a WAVAC phono stage, EAR Acute 3 disc player, and a file server connected to the EAR's USB input.
This system was quite complex and difficult to set up, and one of the problems was a ground noise issue caused by the multiple amplifiers and DSP box being connected (necessarily) to multiple AC circuits. Everyone involved did their best to come up with a connection arrangement that would eliminate the ground noise, but it resisted all attempts and the situation looked bleak for quiet operation. Interocitor One to the rescue! This is exactly what the Interocitor was designed for (one of its many uses) and it did the job perfectly. Grounding issues were eliminated and the system was dead quiet and sounded excellent - success! Joe Cohen (of The Lotus Group) decided that the Interocitor One was like a "Swiss Army knife" for high-end systems - meaning that it was a sort of general-purpose tool that could come in handy for solving a variety of problems. He's right!
I had hoped to include some photos of our show system and the Interocitor One in action, but I see that I'm not quite prepared for that yet. Feel free to contact me directly for more info, and of course I will do my best to answer any questions that may come up.
Best regards,
Steve McCormack
SMc Audio