Thank you posting your detailed impressions . It sounds like Shunyata has another winner on their hands and thrown down the gauntlet with the Omega QR.
In terms of flagship and statement power cords.
I have a few questions.
I assume you ran this cord from the amp(s) directly into the wall? Bypassing your Triton V3?
If so, does Caelin and the team at Shunyata have or will have a solution for customers that want their best power on the conditioner to the wall?
For example, I wouldn't plug an Omega QR into my Triton to only have the cable to the wall being a Sigma.
Not like there is anything wrong with the Sigma cable. But, in this example its now the "weakest" link in the chain.
Finally,
And perhaps if Caelin sees this one.
Given the positive feedback on the QR technology and how it interacts with amplifiers.
Could this technology be used in a speaker cable? For example , an Omega QR flagship speaker cable?
In theory could this technology store and release more "current" or energy from the amp to the loudspeaker?
Similar to how MIT does it but using your QB tech instead of networks w/ capacitors?
A few clarifications....the following gear was plugged into my TRITON V3 and TYPHON QR stack prior to the Omega's arrival;
- Transport
- DAC
- Master Clock
- LPSU for Legacy Wavelet active crossover, RoomEQ, etc....
The following was plugged directly into the wall before the OMEGA QR arrived;
5 - amp connections (2 for Foundation Woofer/Sub cabinets, 2 for Caliber XD custom-build (dual mid-woofers, passive radiator and dual internal amps and 1 connect for the
Legacy Powerbloc2 that drives the high frequencies
More details on testing;
Transport, DAC and clock: were plugged in to the TRITON V3 & TYPHON QR combination. Tested each one individually with the OMEGA QR by unplugging them from the TRITON v3/TYPHON QR stack one at a time and going direct to the wall. The OMEGA definitely performed very well with front-end components and I could hear some improvements in center stage imaging and density of sound stage for the transport and DAC however for front-end components the TRITON V3 and TYPHON QR together won the day for D->A front-end components at least here in my setup.
Master Clock: no net benefit that I could perceive from taking the clock straight to the wall with OMEGA QR. I did not spend a lot of time with this scenario in all honesty. I will be leaving the clock plugged into the stack. I think the OMEGA QR or any other $9K or above power cord is simply too much expense to put behind a clock power cable as insane as I am about power cords in general. I apply this belief today with another mid-level power cord with the clock as it's enough. I will say however, that I will wait for the downstream updates for Sigma and Alpha based upon lessons learned from Omega and will try this test again!
custom LPSU (HDPlex latest generation) for Legacy Wavelet: the quality of results of going straight to the wall with OMEGA QR from this LPSU surprised me as it's not an amplifier but it did react very well viz. the Wavelet's behavior and impact as the nerve center of my active speaker setup. It would be near impossible to say whether using OMEGA QR instead of plugging this into the TRITON+TYPHON stack was better by any substantial margin as the latter is such a kicking combination however use of the OMEGA QR did impress me very much.
Any amplifier (5 points of testing amplifier connects direct to the wall in my system): spent much time testing all the combinations with exemplary result. The OMEGA QR really delivers and excels powering amps of any kind.
Substitute OMEGA QR for TYPHON QR to power TRITON V3: I did not run this test so cannot speak to any result for this scenario. While the new connectors, new wire and overall topology of the cable is superior, I did not try this test as there is so much more QR/BB technology in the TYPHON QR, I did not see how the OMEGA QR could beat it. That stated, with the discontinuation of the TYPHON QR, I do see how the OMEGA QR would become the go-to choice for connecting power conditioners to the wall.
For the rest of the questions we should get Caelin's feedback.
