Thread: Lots of Hats, Lots of Heart | Robert Harley tours Shunyata Research

Thanks for the video. Shunyata is not only a quality manufacturer, but also a company that values R&D at its heart. It’s not surprising that they are as successful as they are.

Now, only if I can get my ground cables soon enough.

Originally Posted by SCAudiophile

Love the fact the dogs also made it into the video

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Seem they are Akita. Thought a little big for Shiba, which I have one at home myself.

Originally Posted by crwilli

Shunyata is hitting on all 8 cylinders!

Or, if they were a V-10 F1 car....all ten.

Originally Posted by MichaelsMinute

Loudest and coolest sound I've ever heard in my life was the noise the F1 cars made at the Monaco Grand Prix. All the sound bounced off the buildings surrounding the course amplifying it.

Never been to Monaco, but went to the British GP at Brands Hatch twice at the peak of the turbo era. Those cars had 1100 bhp on tap during qualifying. Here's a pic I took of Nigel Mansell in the Wiliams-Honda ripping through Dingle Dell at Brands. Taken with slide film with my Oly OM-1, slide film and manual focus lenses. No motor drive, no AI-based AF high-speed tracking, just...skill.

Originally Posted by MichaelsMinute

Here are some pics from the garage area:

Very cool. My dream would able to shoot Spa with creds some day. I actually know the FIA credentials manager for the FIA Endurance races, and he said while I'd have to go through the ACO to get creds for Le Mans, he could get me creds for the endurance race at Spa. Oh, and I should add that I was one of the official track photographers for Laguna and Sonoma Raceways for many years. Shot everything from drag racing, NASCAR to MotoGP and "World Supers"....

Troy Bayliss with his race-face on...


and sparking it up through Right Hook at Miller...


John Hopkins, MotoGP at Laguna..


Colin Edwards at Laguna, 2012 MotoGP...


Fun days, hard work...

Great video. Amazing company and people.

Longtime customer.

Wow what a sharp contrast between this and the Synergistic Research factory tour.

I didn't see patents hanging on their wall :-)

Looking forward to the Omega interconnects and speaker cables.

Originally Posted by Dizzie

Notice the "Eiger" just past Caelin's left shoulder when he is seated. Not much of a secret.

I thought that was just the prototype for what became the production Everest.

Looks like its a 6 port Everest. To eventually replace the Denali 6000T V2 limited run.

Seems Shunyata is listening, people love the tower form factor but, don't need 8 outlets.

Originally Posted by puroagave

Great video introduction to Shunyata.

Caelin reminds me of an aerospace engineer friend of mine. He has a very cool-as-a-cucumber demeanor, and despite his obvious genius-level intelligence, he also has the ability to explain rather complex principles to ordinariy people like me.

After watching this, I want to learn more about the different categories of proper grounding and what might help in my system.

Originally Posted by JCS123

Great video introduction to Shunyata.

Caelin reminds me of an aerospace engineer friend of mine. He has a very cool-as-a-cucumber demeanor, and despite his obvious genius-level intelligence, he also has the ability to explain rather complex principles to ordinariy people like me.

I completely agree. This is the result of someone who really knows their subject domain.

As someone who taught a very complex set of disciplines (DFSS, TRIZ, Statistics and DOEs) to really bright (PhD-level) scientists, it took me years to master the ability to be able to do that. I knew I was starting to "master those domains" (no "pun" reference to Seinfeld intended) when I couse use fewer words and simpler language to convey key principles of those complex topics. But...it took me the better part of a decade to get there.

Originally Posted by Dizzie

Notice the "Eiger" just past Caelin's left shoulder when he is seated. Not much of a secret.

Ha! That's funny, I didn't even notice that. That looks cool...looks like a smaller Everest, perhaps with 6 outlets?

That's thing about R&D...it never stops.

Very nice. Looks like a great product at a great price point.

It's also cool it has two GP-NR terminals, that would support a segmented Altaira system if folks wanted to go that route.

Originally Posted by rrwmd

Anyone know what the round cable elevators are that Caelin is talking about just past the 30’ mark? They’re not listed on the Shunyata website. Perhaps just a one-off that they made only for their own use?

From watching the video, looks like these were likely designed for the forthcoming Omega speaker cables, which look to be quite large in diameter. If I were to hazard a guess, they'll also be available for sale separately, just as the DF-SS cable elevators are.

Originally Posted by kennyb123

Did you notice that they were elevating Omega speaker cables? Not much was said but I wonder if they are meant to ship with the Omega when they are released. Maybe they will work with other cables too but nothing else was said AFAIK.

Yeah, that wouldn't surprise me, Kenny, because IIRC, the Omega PCs also ship with a set of 3 of the DF-SS cable elevators when you buy the Omega PC.

Having several rubber straps they could also come in handy when you are trying to keep several cables with some weight above ground since the DF-SS can only handle so much with one rubber strap.