Thom_y, it is difficult to give you a definite opinion not having personally heard the EMM gear. However, Marc Mickelson in his article suggests that VX chords are appropriate for purely-transport devices. The CDSD is purely a transport. If you purchased two Python Helix chords-- one VX and one Alpha, you will be able to experiment with both on the transport, leaving initially the original stock power chord on DCC2. If you found the VX preferable on the CDSD, you have it made. . . just move the Alpha on the DCC2. If Alpha were more of your liking on CDSD as well, you may decide to sell the VX and source a second Alpha. In either case, you may want to give both chords a couple of hundred hrs of break-in before making a final decision.
A Tale Of Two. . . Anacondas Helix
Tomorrow at lunchtime, if The Muses, The Force, and several other imponderables are still with us, Babybear and I will get together once again to discuss, audition and compare, well you guessed it, power chords of course. More specifically, we will examine the relative merits and impact of the Shunyata Anaconda Helix VX versus its close twin -- the Shunyata Anaconda helix Alpha -- on Babybear's own Teac Esoteric X-01 Limited. I do confess that I am going into the session with a personal hypothesis, or perhaps simply a hunch. In other words, I suspect that at least on the X-01, the noise absorbing pellets in the VX may be unnecessarily dampening some transient response, micro dynamics such as the amplitude of string vibrato, and some low level detail such as is found in the noise of Rosen on bowed strings.
My suspicions were recently heightened by Marc Mickelson's fine article on Python Helix, posted at:
http://www.soundstage.com/revequip/shunyata_python_helix_followup.htm
In his review Mr. Mickelson suggest that "in [his] system VX is right only for digital transports, like the Esoteric P-03, and the Alpha for [single box] CD players."
In our tesst the VX chord will be equipped with a 15 Amp IEC connector, while the Alpha has a 20 Amp IEC connector, which will be converted to 15 Amp format through a Voodoo converter. Stay tuned!
My suspicions were recently heightened by Marc Mickelson's fine article on Python Helix, posted at:
http://www.soundstage.com/revequip/shunyata_python_helix_followup.htm
In his review Mr. Mickelson suggest that "in [his] system VX is right only for digital transports, like the Esoteric P-03, and the Alpha for [single box] CD players."
In our tesst the VX chord will be equipped with a 15 Amp IEC connector, while the Alpha has a 20 Amp IEC connector, which will be converted to 15 Amp format through a Voodoo converter. Stay tuned!
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