Tried the Tara Labs Gold and Cobalt A/C power cords. Ended up with Stage 3 Kraken PC's.They are a much better fit in my system. |
Need an HFX box... any sellers? |
You can speed up the burn-in process on your A/C power cord by plugging it into your vacuum cleaner. Needed would be a cable adapter. Vacuum cleaner A/C plug would feed off of your Tara PC. |
OK, the Tara PC's added a bass bump, in the treble department,added way too much information, causing listening
fatigue. Which my system never had before. We moved the Tara cords around started with my Pass Labs XP 25 phono, then to my Ayre KXR pre, last to my Audio Aero CD/Dac player. I then inserted ONE Kraken PC on my line stage. WoW!!! Smooth,natural musical tones, very easy to listen to, with tons of detail , great attack, and decay. We then moved the Kraken over to my phono stage. Same results. The only problem with the Kraken PC in your system , you hear the short comings of your other power cords. My other power cords were, Revelation Audio Precepts. Not a bad cord for the money. Still using one on my Cd Player. So I ended up with 4 Kraken PC's... One on my line stage,other on phono stage,last two on my SS power amps. Power amps never sounded better!!! |
I play everything, some are good recording and some just OK. Same with new LP's . |
No kidding on using your vaccum for cable break-in. My LG refrigerator draws 5.1 amps , have used it also for Power cord conditioning. |
Voltage would remain about the same,no mater what your using the cord for . Pushing MORE current seems to help speed up the break-in time. |
Rebel721, two of my friends bought most all of your Tara Labs Colbalt power cords. The best part of this story is I got to listen to them in my system. Great, used broken in Power cords... Listening results were disappointing. Found out you bought Stage III Kraken PC's as replacements to the Tara's . So... I Bought one Kraken used on the Gon and snagged up three more!!! Before all this , I never even heard of Stage 3 Concepts. Build quality is the best I have ever seen in a Power Cable.
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Rebel721, 4 Kraken PC's that I own, are being used on the following gear: Phono Stage, Preamp,and both Mono Amps.All solid state. My Digital gear has Revelation Audio Labs Precepts PC's. Stage III Concepts is coming out with a new larger cord,bigger than the Kraken. This monster is supposed to be 3 Kraken's in one! |
Rebel721,
Are you getting the Grand Master Evolution IC's with the two Mono HFX boxes? Matching speaker cables too? |
Cheaper than going to the movies. |
Kraken cords were bought used, they already had some hours on them. It did take a week or so for them to settle in for best sound. After that , don't move them. |
Best way to know what the Kraken power cord sounds like is to try one in your system . |
Prices for the new A/C Power Cords? |
This thread started out about Tara Labs Cables....That has long passed. What should we call it now? |
Great cables, used resale value is not very good. |
Tara labs Cobalt A/C Power cord. Retail price is around $5400,used market value is only $1500. Omega Gold speaker cables MSRP is around $22,000. Used market price only around 5 to 6K. Ouch!! . Who would pay 4 grand for a Zero-Onyx cable when you own a Zero Gold for a little more than 5 K , and it's a much better cable? |
Yea, Why is Matthew Bond selling on AudioGon? I bet his dealers are real not happy about this. |
Tara Labs listing cables for sale has been removed. Was it fake are legit? |
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Next step is Furutech FI 09 in Rhodium. Everything in my system is running this IEC A/C power inlet. |
It brought changes when you replaced your Duplex plugs, you will never know unless you try it. |
All my HFX boxes are earth grounded to an 8 foot ground rod. |
$ 8,400.00 for 1.5 meters . $11,200.00 for 2.0 meters. Lets just say, somebody needed longer Kraken power cords. I had cash in hand to buy some used 1.5 & 2.0 meter Kraken's !!! Stage 3 Concept is working on new Monster power cord , bigger than the Kraken. $15,000.00 for 1.5 meters. Ouch! |
