Hi lak
I was told that it would ship today or tomorrow, so will report late next week sometime.
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Does any one know if the MC-o.5 can be plugged into a 20 amp line?
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Just add a MC O.5 to my system, plugged it into a dedicated 20 amp line that my amp is on. WOW right out of the case and it sounded like i had moved up the Esoteric line. The sound stage has not really changed, but everything base midrange and highs sound much richer with no bloat or thinning. Much more clean sounding detail. Going to listen to it for a couple of days, then add one more on a line that is not dedicated that feeds Ps Audio p10 which has my pre amp and sacd/ cd player on it. So far this is the best tweak i have heard.
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Hi Ozzy
The MC o.5 on your Ps audio P10 is it plugged into P10 or the plug that feeds the P10? I have one more to add and i could plug it into the wall plug with the P10 or into the back of the P10. What was best for you any info?
Thanks Pete
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Hello Lak
I just have the 2 MC_O.5 . I have installed one of them on my dedicated line for my amp and the other has not yet been plugged in yet. the other will go on the line that feeds my Ps audio P10. That line is a 15 amp line not dedicated. My Esoteric C-O3x and my Esoteric K-O3x are plugged into the P10. Was hoping to hear from Ozzy, on his P10 and the MC 0.5.
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Thanks Ozzy for the info. So far i have found the same the MCo.5 plugged into my dedicated line that i have amy amp on was huge improvement right out of the case. about 2 days later i plugged a MCo.5 into the outlet that has my P10 on it (not dedicated) the effect was not as grand as with the amp. My sacd/cd player and preamp along with my tv and sat box all plugged into the P10. The picture did seam to be little sharper on the tv. I will leave it like that for a while longer to see if i can see or hear in more changes for the better. I plan to add some more High Fidelity in the very near future.
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Would like to here from someone who has the MC 6 Hemisphere w/ the Furutech GTX-D plugs. How long is the break in before you start to here a improvement ? Was it a long break in? Did it do any thing for the soundstage? Any info at all
Thanks Pete
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Hi knghifi
Do you know about how may hours you have on the MCo.5s? Rick from High Fidelity told me they would go dark after a while then open back up better than before. He did not say what the hour range is. Did you find them dark from the start?
Thanks Pete
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Went a head and order my MC 6 Hemisphere should have in a week.
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Hello Knghifi
I plan to plug it into my P10 and then my preamp and disc player will plug into it.(P10 will feed Hemisphere will feed preamp and disc player) Will also try plugging sat. box and TV in to it. The line for the P10 is not dedicated. But i am always open to suggestions on its use. Rick told me that it will need time to break in to sound its best.
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Hello all
I do not know if this thread is still alive, but i received my MC 6 Hemisphere today. Unfortunately i will not get a chance to play with it until this Thursday. But i will say that it appears to be a very nice unit well made. The cases that Rick use for shipping are great. Much better than a card board boxes .
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MCo 6 Hemisphere i was able to listen to 8 cd and 1 sacd in a row. Right out of the case the Hemisphere sound good, more tighter base and back round vocals seem to be flushed out more. I would say across the board the sound was better. Their was no change in the sound stage for better or worse. Until i went back to playing music about 8 hours later, The sound stage seem to shrink and the sound over all seem a little dark. Rick told me that it would get dark before it got better and that it would take some time to break in. How much time he would not say. My flat screen TV which is plugged into the Hemisphere has improved greatly with sharper picture and more lush color. this TV is about 6 years old and was thinking about a new one but not now. Will report more on the Hemisphere audio sound after i get some more hours on it.
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Follow up MC-6 Hemisphere
Finally got more hours on the Hemisphere- The sound is much more fuller sounding with base much tighter and fuller sounding (no bloat). Background vocals are much more present in the soundstage. Main vocals are strong and clear, hearing the gasp for breath before they sing. I am hearing much more from the back depth of the soundstage. fingers on acoustic guitar have the squeak you would hear only in the front row of a concert. The over all soundstage is much more defined, but not any bigger than before. I am hoping with more time on the Hemisphere that the sound stage will open up bigger. I think i have about 50 plus hours on it now.
I would like to down the road add 2 MC 0.5 to the 2 unused receptacles i am not currently using on the Hemisphere. Has any one done this? Or add the MC 0.5 to a MC-6, what was the out come?
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Hello riawry
Thanks for the info. Even in the last 8 hours of listening the Hemisphere is better than when i started this morning.
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Any body posting here on High Fidelity thread Going to THE NEWPORT BEACH SHOW 2016?
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Hi lak
I am using a older Transparent power cord to feed my Hemisphere. It is plugged into PSaudio P10. Have been very happy with it so far.
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Hi knghifi
I have not tried the Hemisphere direct to the wall. Its sounded so good the way i did it that i have not tried it. The PSaudio P10 all so has a MC 0.5 plugged into the same wall out let that feeds the P10. I like the idea of some type of surge or spike protection for my Esoteric disc player and pre amp. Will give it a try (Hemisphere direct) in the near future and report back.
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knghifi
The P10 does some stuff that the Hemisphere does not. I like the muti wave option on the P10 set to 6. Adding the Hemisphere just made it more enjoyable. They both do some good things to the music and video for that matter. Have not experienced any thing negative about having them inline together.
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Hi philipwu
Good question, maybe you should ask Rick at HF and follow up here with a post.
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Just ordered 6 more MC 0.5 to bring my total to 8 will report later next week on how they work. Going to give the 3 way cheater plug a try and try adding to the unused sockets on my Hemisphere 6. Does any one know will any 3 way cheater plug work on a 20 amp line?
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Hello justubes2
How are you using the mc 0.5 in your system? When you say the sound changed when you add more to a different sound what did you mean? What kind of break in time do you have on them?
Thanks Pete
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Thanks ddraudt for the info. I will give it a try and report back later next weak. should have the new mc o.5 plugged by Sunday Thanks
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Rick and crew are right on top of it. My 6 MC O.5 arrived today. So i plugged 2 of them into the unused outlets of my Hemisphere. A
fair amount of increase in base right out of the case. Not bloated or in your face base. Very tight and natural sounding. It got better across the board just richer sounding but base was most noticeable. The other 4 MC O.5 i will add a little later Monday or Tuesday. I need to go by some splinter or cheater plugs to add them to my dedicated line and the other line i use that is not dedicated. If they sound as good as i hope(i think they will) i will purchase 4 more to add to the back of my PSaudio P10. But that may not happen until next month.
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Have been listening now 4 hours. Just add 2 more MC O.5 for total of 3 on my dedicated line that feeds my amp. The 3 MC O.5 are all plugged into a 3 to 1 splitter plug. With the amp plugged into the socket right below it. The sound is very very good across the board. The soundstage has not got any bigger, but it does only have 4 hours on it.
The 3 way splitter makes a "T" with one pointing right, one pointing left, both parallel to the rear wall and the third stick straight from the wall. I thought about plugging the power cord from the amp in to the center plug on the splitter. Then put the 3rd MC O.5 right below, but i have never liked adapters on my power cords. Has any one tried it that way? If you do that way you could put 5 MC O.5 on one line. I still have 2 MC O.5 to in stall later in the week, want to here the 2 i add today for a couple of days. This will bring my total of MC O.5 to 8 when i in stall the last 2. So far more MC O.5 has made much better music in my system.
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Hi ddraudt
I have the MC 6 Hemisphere with 2 MC O.5 plugged into it. Alone with my pre amp, sacd/cd player the tv and sat. box MC 6 Hemisphere has a long break in time. Adding the 2 MC O.5 improved it even more, but not as much as adding the MC O.5 to the power line of the amp.
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Hi lak
I have the upgrade model Hemisphere break in is long. Right out of the case it sounded good. But with about 10 to 15 hours on it it got dark and a little smaller sounding closed in. (The sound was still very clean sounding) I am not sure exactly about the 50 hour mark it started to open up again slowly got better. I felt it was going in spurts of changing for the better then level off some for a while then increase for the better. I have a little over 100 hours on mine and its still changing. When i talked to Rick he told me the MC O6 Hemisphere was very different than the MC O6 not only upgrade plugs but trickle down technology from their top of line conditioner. I not know if this answered your question. You might try contacting Rick at HF he is good at responding to questions good luck.
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Hi tbg
How did you get 7 MC o.5 plugged into your MC-6? Best i can tell they only hold 6 MC O.5s? are you using a splitter there to? Is your MC-6 a Hemisphere or just the MC-6? About how many hours do you have on it?
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Hello benjie
I have the MC-6 Hemisphere. Plugged into it is my pre amp, SACD/CD player, my TV and sat. box along with 2 MC O.5s. If your MC-6 is full of Mc O.5 you would have that plugged into the same wall plug as another MC-6 that could have your equipment plugged into or just one power cord to a single piece of equipment. This technology seam to benefit the whole wall plug and any thing attached. It seams the more magnets on the line makes better music so far.
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denon1
Wow i think you are the first person that did not enjoy what the MC O.5 did to their system. I would try taking one piece of your system off the Shunyata Triton, plug it into a different sock(wall outlet) with the MC O.5 and give it a listen to see how that sounds. I do not know if any one else using Shunyata products, that the MC O.5 did not help the sound. Please try it and post back.
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Just finished plugging in my last 2 MC O.5 for a total of 8. Will be looking to add 4 or more in the very near future. the sound just keeps getting better.
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I like what the MC O.5s did to my system. The sound stage has not really changed at all but the sound with in the sound stage just got better. Mine went from great out of the case to dark later on then slowly got better again than originally. Each time i add a HF product the break in was the same, from great to dark to better. The ones i used on my PSaudio P10 where not as dramatic as the ones on my amp line. I still liked what it does to the P10.( i have not plugged any into the back of the P10, just on the line that feeds it.)
The most expensive speakers in the world would not suit, or make the right sound stage for a lots of people. I will be adding more MC O.5 to my system until i fell there is no return for the better.
Enjoy Pete
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I am no shill or employee for HFC. I have not received any compensation from Rick or any other employe of HFC. I purchased my HFC products just like any body else, either from Audio Gone or direct from HFC at listed prices. The HFC products have taken my humble system to the next level and higher at affordable prices for me . The 8 MC O.5s and the MCO 6 Hemisphere are great products. That do a great job in my stereo system.
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hifial
Good question, i hope you(we) get some feedback on it. I own the Hemisphere, but can not compare it to the Distributor. I can tell you that the break in on the Hemisphere is long. Exact hours i am just not sure now. I would guess north of 800 hours, my TV and Sat. box are also plugged into it so it has been drawing current for a while always in use. Out of the case it sounded good for maybe the first 6 hours. Then later in the day i listen again, the sound was still clear but closed in, very much between the speakers with no real depth. As i listen today the sound stage is starting to take off. The depth is returning slowly and its sound has gotten much wider than the speakers with great clarity. The sound is not thin by any means.
I have noticed that it sounds better after the first CD is played in a listening sessions. Like it has to warm up a little. My Preamp and Disc player are always on(24/7) with my amp in stand by when not in use.
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Hello hifial
If it is the amp, i have never noticed it until the last couple of days.
As the sound stage improved is when i noticed it. My system consists of:
Esoteric CO3x pre amp
Esoteric KO3x SACD/CD player
Mark Levinson 335 amp (on a dedicated 20amp line)
PSaudio P10 and Power base (not on dedicated line)
8 MC O.5s and 1 Hemisphere High Fidelity
Transparent interconnects ReferenceXL MM2 XLR on all
Transparent speaker cables Reference MM2 (right below the XL line)
B@W Matrixs 800 speakers
Thanks for the info
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Hi lak
I am sure you are right about the Furutech GTX Rhodium outlets adding to break in time. Rick all so told me the magnet set up in the Hemisphere is all so very different from the Distributor.
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Wow, thats great let us know how they effect your system sound. How are you deploying them in your system? Do you have any other HF equipment or cables?
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Hello ozzy
It sound like a great set up on the 3 dedicated lines. How much of a improvement is adding the last 4 MC O.5 to the system? Was it as big a bump as when you add the original MC O.5s?
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Ozzy
Thanks for the info
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I just ran across this on the web. Was wandering if any one has tried it or could offer any info on it. The Power cube it basically offers a 5 to 1 plug adapter (not a strip) that plugs into the wall outlet. Would be used for adding 4 MC O.5 to a single wall outlet instead of 3 MC O.5 on the adapter from Lowes. Although it would hold 5 MC O.5 i do not think you could get your power cord plugged in with the 5th MC O.5 in place. It says it is 15 amp rated with a resettable fuse. Would the resettable fuse cause a problem for the MC O.5s?? Could you still use it on a 20 amp dedicated line? Any info at all
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Does anybody know if you power down your system to complete off for a week or more does it affect the High Fidelity products? Do you need to build hours back up again to resume the great sound they are providing?
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Hi siddh
Thanks for the info, I put the question to Rick and he said just what you did. It would loose some but it would only take a few hours to get it back. What High Fidelity products are you using?
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Thanks for the up date.
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Hi hifial
Will be waiting for your post on the Hemisphere. I will be going to The Newport Show and when i return i will remove the P10 form my system and give the Hemisphere a listen and report here.
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Just powered up my system, after being shut down for 11 days. It has lost some of the sound stage and imaging that it had to prior shut down. After about 6 hours it started to come back but its not their yet. So the High Fidelity Products will regress a little when you shut the power off for a week. But they seem to come back in a short amount of time with use. So i am looking forward to my next High Fidelity purchase.
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Hello hifial
I have the Hemisphere and the PSaudio P10. I use them both in my system. The P10 feeds the Hemisphere and everything but my amp is plugged into the Hemisphere, alone with 2 MC O.5. I like what they both do. I have never used one and not the other after getting the Hemisphere. Adding the Hemisphere to the system did take it up a couple of notches. The sound stage became much bigger and more detailed.
Out of the case the Hemisphere sounded good. But with about 6 to 8 hours on it , it became dark and drawn in a little. After 120 hours plus it started to open up. Its still getting better all the time. I have better than 300 hours on it now and it has not yet topped out. The changes are not as big as after the 120 hour mark, but they are still noticeable.
Some time in the near future i will take the P10 out of the loop and give it a listen. But right now i am very happy with the way my systems sounds.
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Hello Al
My amp is on a dedicated 20 amp line. The P10 is on a nondedicated 15 amp line. the P10 only (at this time) has The Hemisphere plugged into it. The Hemisphere has my preamp,disc player, Tv and sat. box along with 2 MC O.5 in it. None of the power cords of the items plugged in are 20 amp cords. the power cord that feeds the Hemisphere from the P10 is not a 20 amp power cord. The only 20 amp power cord i own feeds the amp. So i could remove the P10 out of the loop,but at this time could not get the amp into the Hemisphere. Both sockets that feed the amp and the P10 have 3 each MC O.5 on them.
I will post when i remove the P10 form the loop in the near future.
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Has any body check out the HIGH Fidelity XLR(balanced) interconnects yet? Are they a true XLR interconnect or RCA cable with XLR adapters on them?
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Thanks hifial
I plan to see Rick at the Newport Show and will look into them. I am using Transparent Ref xl MM2 balanced now. Please post when you get your cables.
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Just returned form the Newport Show,2 full days Friday and Saturday and a 3 hour on Sunday. Had a real good time. Stopped by High Fidelity rooms. Spoke with Ricks staff each day and met Ricks family. Everything was 5 star. they make you fill welcome. Need to give a shout out to Rick and crew outstanding room.
Picked up 4 more MC O.5 at show prices great deal. this bring my total to 12 MC O.5s. In thier demo room they where stacking the 3 way plugs on top of each other (plugged into each other) thus giving you a way to add more MC O.5 to a single outlet. Going to try moving the PSaudio P10 out of the loop this week and plug the Hemisphere straight to the wall. Will add the new MC O.5 to the system after i finish with the P10 change.
OZZY I spoke with Rick and crew about the XLR caps and they have stalled on them(Lots of new stuff going on per crew) it will be a while before they are ready. Looked at their new XLR interconnects, they have no magnets in the end plugs just in the middle tubes. Could be why their is no XLR caps? Also noticed that they just have 2 single wires coming from plug to plug ends. Maybe i am wrong on this, but should it not be a positive, negative and a ground 3 wires? Time for the experts to jump in and comment.
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