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Yeah, I skipped the "re-generator" products. I had heard that it kills dynamics and for the cost, that wasn't worth the risk. Instead, I went with a power distributor that uses heavy gauge copper and uses internal power conditioning. The Shunyata Venom V16 along with their Reference Delta v2 XC. Since I previously used Audioquest's Powerquest 3 distributor and linear filter, I can tell you that the Shunyata setup surpasses Audioquest's by leaps and bounds.
I became disillusioned with Audioquest's NRG power cables. For the price, their impact on audio applications awere severely limited. For TVs and monitors on the other hand, they have much better impact. I had the NRG Z2, their highest model with an IEC C7 connection, attached to my Audioengine A2+. It was "ok." It really didn't have much of a noticeable impact over the NRG Y3 running through Shunyata's C13 to C7 converter that preceded it. The NRG Z2 is a $200 cable. Then I got the Kimber Kable Ascent P14 using Wattgate's Audiophile-grade IEC C7 connector; a $450 cable. That was a drastic change in sound quality. The speakers sort of "awoke" with a much broader (wider) sound stage. By the time I upgraded to the Kimber Kable Palladian P14, a $1400 cable, it improved the entire over all dynamics. The beginnings of a holographic sound stage, with extended depth to sustain, decay and more punch to note attacks. More realistic vocals. When I finally acquired the Venom V16 with the Delta cable, it was transcendent for me. Songs that sounded completely flat across the board, suddenly became more engaging. For example, Herb Albert's Tijuana Brass, "Whipped Cream and Other Delights." It's a very old recording and I used to blame that on how flat sounding the recording is. Apparently, you have to have a very high resolving system to play those recordings back. They finally sounded musical with fantastic imaging and high definition resolving sound, like the reverberation in the trumpets and the sustain of the cymbals, and overall clarity. The layering and timing just seemed perfect and I have been listening to that album since it was only available on vinyl (showing my age now.) It was as if you were live in the studio hearing the track being recorded from the mixing table.
At present, I removed all the Audioquest cables out and replaced them with Synergistic's Foundation line. Currently, the sound quality for me is phenomenal and likely far beyond what Audioengine's engineers ever expected an end user to push them to. :) It was worth it.
Yeah, I skipped the "re-generator" products. I had heard that it kills dynamics and for the cost, that wasn't worth the risk. Instead, I went with a power distributor that uses heavy gauge copper and uses internal power conditioning. The Shunyata Venom V16 along with their Reference Delta v2 XC. Since I previously used Audioquest's Powerquest 3 distributor and linear filter, I can tell you that the Shunyata setup surpasses Audioquest's by leaps and bounds.
I became disillusioned with Audioquest's NRG power cables. For the price, their impact on audio applications awere severely limited. For TVs and monitors on the other hand, they have much better impact. I had the NRG Z2, their highest model with an IEC C7 connection, attached to my Audioengine A2+. It was "ok." It really didn't have much of a noticeable impact over the NRG Y3 running through Shunyata's C13 to C7 converter that preceded it. The NRG Z2 is a $200 cable. Then I got the Kimber Kable Ascent P14 using Wattgate's Audiophile-grade IEC C7 connector; a $450 cable. That was a drastic change in sound quality. The speakers sort of "awoke" with a much broader (wider) sound stage. By the time I upgraded to the Kimber Kable Palladian P14, a $1400 cable, it improved the entire over all dynamics. The beginnings of a holographic sound stage, with extended depth to sustain, decay and more punch to note attacks. More realistic vocals. When I finally acquired the Venom V16 with the Delta cable, it was transcendent for me. Songs that sounded completely flat across the board, suddenly became more engaging. For example, Herb Albert's Tijuana Brass, "Whipped Cream and Other Delights." It's a very old recording and I used to blame that on how flat sounding the recording is. Apparently, you have to have a very high resolving system to play those recordings back. They finally sounded musical with fantastic imaging and high definition resolving sound, like the reverberation in the trumpets and the sustain of the cymbals, and overall clarity. The layering and timing just seemed perfect and I have been listening to that album since it was only available on vinyl (showing my age now.) It was as if you were live in the studio hearing the track being recorded from the mixing table.
At present, I removed all the Audioquest cables out and replaced them with Synergistic's Foundation line. Currently, the sound quality for me is phenomenal and likely far beyond what Audioengine's engineers ever expected an end user to push them to. :) It was worth it.