Ansuz Cables & Accessories

I have a friend who recently did an evaluation of a few different tonearm cables, I don't remember the other brands now but the Ansuz A2 cable was the clear winner of the batch, it was also the most expensive though. He actually mentioned this again the other day as we were talking about cables in general because he said he has always had difficulties to hear differences with cables, but the tonearm cable comparisons he did was like night and day.
 
Filip said:
I've learned that the foundation is so important a couple of months ago, when I played with some spare equipment lying around the appartment (what my wife calls garbage :D). I've took some cheap LS, smsl digital amplifier, audioquest dragonfly black, non audio laptop and some basic signal and ls cables. Everything together costs less than 400$. Then, step by step, I've changed that what is still regarded as accessories. Best PC to the amplifier, then second best PC on laptop, then connected them to furutech wall socket, then jitterbug infront of dac, then put some isolation feets under laptop/amplifier, did some basic software tweaks on laptop. All in all, it was some 5-6 hours of playing. The sound, which at the beginning was dry, compressed, irritating, became with every change better, and at the end unrecognizable. Off course, the biggest changes were power cables and changing of wall socket. At the end, I didn't change any of the main parts of equipment, but the sound was 1000 times better. Price of the accessories were somewhere around 1500$. That's when I realised, that the power cables and distribution, after the room in which the system is playing, are the most important part of equipment. That's a bold saying, but I'm sticking to it! :hey:
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I’m surprised that a lot of guys I know do not follow the process of a solid power and distribution foundation, they simply are leaving sound on the table and usually end up chasing equipment.

Enjoy!


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rwpollock said:
On their way are a new Mainz8 D-TC and a 2 meter D-TC power cord. What should I expect in the way of break-in?

Bob
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Congrats on the purchase Bob.

Octadyndude (George) has been through the break in process with these products and hopefully he will chime in.
 
rwpollock said:
On their way are a new Mainz8 D-TC and a 2 meter D-TC power cord. What should I expect in the way of break-in?

Bob
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Bob I didn't do much of a breakin monitoring for those but I would say it was just somewhere about about 25 -30 hrs. My Mainz D-TC was new but the D-TC power cord was a demo cord. Now my supreme pc was new I didn't notice any improvement from new. That said the improvement from new was quite significant so it's possible I didn't notice much.
BTW congrats
 
Good to know. 25-30 hours sounds reasonable; one gets impatient, ya know.

The price on these pieces was quite 'reasonable' (60% off list). The owner had been putting together an uber system but had to sell things because he lost his job. :-(

Bob
 
George et al,

The never ending need of upgrading is slowly biting again after adding 8 DTC Darkz to my new Strads 35 Anni and once again hearing what these can do. So the cogs in my Ansuz virus struck brain started to play with thoughts about adding a DTC Mainz cable to replace my D2 from wall to Mainz8 DTC and wonder who else did that replacement and what impressions you have?
That would allow me to change my C2 from Mainz8 DTC to my U-300 with the 'leftover' Mainz D2 for a double upgrade effect I guess. What are your impression changing from C2 to D2 into U-300?
By the way, buying as many DTC Darkz I can get my hands on, of what is still out there…. still no.1 for me!

Mike
 
Darkz is by far the biggest bang for the buck! I do not use Sparkz and to me they never worked in my system and actually they worsened the situation. So, I would rate this as the only product from Ansuz that didn't work for me.

Mike
 
Mikeoo said:
George et al,

The never ending need of upgrading is slowly biting again after adding 8 DTC Darkz to my new Strads 35 Anni and once again hearing what these can do. So the cogs in my Ansuz virus struck brain started to play with thoughts about adding a DTC Mainz cable to replace my D2 from wall to Mainz8 DTC and wonder who else did that replacement and what impressions you have?
That would allow me to change my C2 from Mainz8 DTC to my U-300 with the 'leftover' Mainz D2 for a double upgrade effect I guess. What are your impression changing from C2 to D2 into U-300?
By the way, buying as many DTC Darkz I can get my hands on, of what is still out there…. still no.1 for me!

Mike
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Shortly after getting my C2 power cord for the U300 I borrowed a D2 to compare. I already had the D-TC going from the wall to the Mainz D8 (the D8 was at the time the only power bar available). I thought the D2 was quite a step up. My gut reaction was it was so close to the D-TC why would anyone want a D-TC. Then Mike and Lars came to my local dealer to demo the first Mainz D-TC power bar. They started with the D8 and the X power cord to the wall. Then went up the line A2 - C2 - D2 then D-TC. I have to admit the D-TC was still much better than the D2. That's when they swapped out the D8 power bar for the D-TC.
 
VoicesInMyHead said:
I wouldn't worry too much about break-in on those, it's amazing products and they will not let you down out of the box either. Congrats on making it to that level.
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Thank you. I must say I couldn't afford to get here at list price, so a voice of thanks to those who do.

Another question about the Mainz (what is the plural?). I will still have the D1 and am thinking about plugging it in to the D-TC as mention upthread. Is there a recommended outlet to use for that?
 
The center outlet is where either the pre amp or integrated should be plugged in. The other outlets are for anything else. I'm assuming you're going to use the D-TC power cord to go from the wall to the Mainz power bar.

You will find with those D-TC products you will be able to play music even louder than before.
 
Ansuz Cables & Accessories

Well. I’m giving the PowerSwitch A2 a try over the X-TC. And along picked up 2 2M X Ethernet to replace some 2M Supras. Been running for 3 days and so far so good. Noise floor dropped again. Bass is a little tighter. Soundstage about the same. Very musical though. X Ethernet connected to the Naim Core and NDX2. Used Supra to Router.


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VoicesInMyHead said:
Hey, save some for the rest of us... :) I still need 4 more Darkz...
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Sorry to display my ignorance but where is ANSUZ actually getting their products made? They do not have their own manufacturing facilities so would like to know before investing in the product. Thank you.
 
The Ansuz/Aavik/Børresen factory tour

by Dawid Grzyb / November 13, 2019



Well, here’s a great read for enthusiasts of Ansuz, Aavik and Borresen Acoustics products.

http://hifiknights.com/reviews/denmark/


Dawid Grzyb of Hi-Fi Knights does a sterling job with his factory tour report – even I think revealing things that competitors should not know, let alone see…..

We get to see inner details of several products including the new Ansuz Power Switch – Ansuz’s all-out assault to fix LAN’s and streaming. Want to know what a tesla coil looks like and what function it serves? R2R DAC? Read the review…..


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Photo 1: Circuit boards of the Ansuz PowerSwitch, DTC Supreme version, an Ethernet Switch with PSU for active TOTL Ansuz Acoustics digital cables. Ansuz’s research showed the internet is a ‘noisy’ place. All those coils you see are there to suppress noise – the enemy of hi fidelity audio and a key reason why streaming is often inferior in sound quality to local NAS playback of digital files or local physical media such as CD.


What’s really impressive and quite an eye opener for me is just how much work is done in-house. Even the laser engraving of Ansuz plug enclosures is done in-house. Further, Borresen make their own capacitors and coils for loudspeaker cross-over circuits in addition to design and assembly of their patented loudspeaker drivers.


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Photo 2: Borresen Acoustics Model 01 loudspeakers seen here in one of three listening rooms across their facilities. The room shape of this upper room is challenging hence the presence of passive acoustic controls.


Criticism? Well perhaps Dawid should have started the Ansuz / Aavik / Borresen factory tour report with his conclusion.

“Lars picked me up from Nørresundby in his customized BMW M4 GTS, which at first glance seemed to be yet another nicely styled sporty German car. What I wasn’t quite aware of is that this ultra-light 540-horsepower beast dishes out 720 NM of torque and does 0-60 in 3,8s. I’ve read about such rides, hence I knew something. But as a passenger previously not familiar with acceleration this rapid and plainly brutal, I could only sit tight and silently hold my breath once Lars barely tickled his daily drive’s gas pedal, let alone flooring it.”
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That sounds like fun way to start a tour. I suspect Lars more than barely tickled the gas pedal though….. :D
 
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