magiccarpetride;684619 Wrote: > Ran into an unexpected tweak yesterday, which in the end turned out to > be very helpful for improving the sound of my Touch. Decided to share > this with a few sympathetic ears on this forum, despite being fully > aware that this narrative will provoke all the unbridled hatred of so > many deranged sock puppets in here. C'est la vie... > > What happened yesterday is that I took a stroll during my lunch break > and ended up in a local audio shop. Long story short, left the store > with Shunyata Venom 3 power cable ($99.00 plus tax). I bought it as a > replacement for my Nordost Magus power cable that is currently powering > my pre-amplifier. > > Returning to the office, I decided to give the cable a bit of a burn-in > before I take it home. So I plugged it into my PC. A striking thing > happened when the PC rebooted -- I could've sworn that the colors > became much brighter and more crystal clear. Not only that, but large > surfaces of color, such as the blue background, appeared very > homogenous. Scratching my head, I've yanked the Venom 3 cable and > plugged the stock power cable back in. Sure enough, the colors reverted > back to familiar dimmed, greyish hue, and the solid blue background > reverted to the old familiar patches of lighter and darker hues of > blue. In short, the screen looked shitty. > > OK, plug the Venom 3 back in -- voila! The brilliance is back, the > solid blue background is again impeccable, no unevenness to be seen > anywhere! > > That got me excited, so I rushed home and plugged Venom 3 into my > Touch. I was highly skeptical that it could possibly make any > difference, going first into the linear PSU and only after that into > the Touch. But I wanted to give it a brief whirl, before I plug it into > my pre-amp. Whoa, the sound changed! Warmer, rounder, more effortless, > firmer, with considerably reduced hardness in the upper mids. This was > confirmed once I switched back to the stock power cable that came with > the linear PSU (the upper mid hardness returned with a vengeance). > > I'd say that this $99.00 upgrade is improving the sound more than any > other upgrade I've tried on the Touch. Highly recommended for those > brave souls who are not afraid to risk 100 bucks in order to get an > order of magnitude better sound. > > I now have an additional problem -- I need to shell out another 100 > bucks for another Venom 3 for my pre-amp. No rest for the wicked...
Thanks for the observations magiccarpetride. The rest of the thread reminds me why I so infrequently visit these forums. Depending how it's made and what it contains, yes a power cable can act as a filter and can make a difference. Just think of ferrite cores and power cords. -- miab ------------------------------------------------------------------------ miab's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34270 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93084 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
