What power cords are Playback Designs owners using?
I tried some of the ones I have lying around and found
my old 5-foot Kimber PK10 Palladium works well now.
It has a very controlled bass, especially the the upper bass
around 70hz.
By the way, just to update, things have improved nicely with more break-in, with more detail but not too-much-info.
The MPS-5 has that great quality of the best equipment where
it doesn't seem to have any real character of it's own that I can identify. The music is just there with no emphasis in any one area.
The break-in process seemed to get it there. At first,
I thought the mids shouted a bit and the upper bass was
somewhat loose, but everything has tightened up now.
I love the way it portrays the real character of vocals,
with all sorts of interesting inflections, but still never
sound buzzy or artificial or mechanical.
And the MPS5 does a great job with boundaries of each instrument (and vocal)--they are not hard-edged like a
cut-out on piece of paper, nor are they smudged. They
just blend perfectly into the atmosphere around them.
Speaking of the atmosphere it creates (and this may be
a coloration after all), I would not say there is super-
clear air around the venue it creates, but I mean that
positively, because too much clarity can be too stark
for me. Instead, there is a touch of humidity that is
just right and binds everything together into a coherent
scene.
Of course, there are differences from CD to CD, but I believe I am hearing the qualities of the recording. I almost think I am hearing different players with different CDs. However, as I mentioned earlier, it does seem to cure problems with bad CDs better than any other player I have owned.
Most of this is with standard redbook CDs, but SACDs really shine. The Boston SACD on the PD player is spellbinding.
The rawness and
hashiness is translated into an open, jewel-like portrayal
of purity. It shows how music that could
take paint of the walls with harsh high frequencies can
be tamed into musical bliss. I think this is far better than the LP version, to the best of my memory.
OK, thanks for reading my rambling...
I tried some of the ones I have lying around and found
my old 5-foot Kimber PK10 Palladium works well now.
It has a very controlled bass, especially the the upper bass
around 70hz.
By the way, just to update, things have improved nicely with more break-in, with more detail but not too-much-info.
The MPS-5 has that great quality of the best equipment where
it doesn't seem to have any real character of it's own that I can identify. The music is just there with no emphasis in any one area.
The break-in process seemed to get it there. At first,
I thought the mids shouted a bit and the upper bass was
somewhat loose, but everything has tightened up now.
I love the way it portrays the real character of vocals,
with all sorts of interesting inflections, but still never
sound buzzy or artificial or mechanical.
And the MPS5 does a great job with boundaries of each instrument (and vocal)--they are not hard-edged like a
cut-out on piece of paper, nor are they smudged. They
just blend perfectly into the atmosphere around them.
Speaking of the atmosphere it creates (and this may be
a coloration after all), I would not say there is super-
clear air around the venue it creates, but I mean that
positively, because too much clarity can be too stark
for me. Instead, there is a touch of humidity that is
just right and binds everything together into a coherent
scene.
Of course, there are differences from CD to CD, but I believe I am hearing the qualities of the recording. I almost think I am hearing different players with different CDs. However, as I mentioned earlier, it does seem to cure problems with bad CDs better than any other player I have owned.
Most of this is with standard redbook CDs, but SACDs really shine. The Boston SACD on the PD player is spellbinding.
The rawness and
hashiness is translated into an open, jewel-like portrayal
of purity. It shows how music that could
take paint of the walls with harsh high frequencies can
be tamed into musical bliss. I think this is far better than the LP version, to the best of my memory.
OK, thanks for reading my rambling...