We've reached the Summit and...it's Everest!

It's beautiful, but taller than what I was expecting - yeah, Everest! It doesn't appear you have any cords attached to it. So, how crowded will it become when everything is attached?

Denali 6000/s V2 may be a better fit space wise for me personally. But I have to ask how much I'm giving up in the process...

Calvin said:

It's beautiful, but taller than what I was expecting - yeah, Everest! It doesn't appear you have any cords attached to it. So, how crowded will it become when everything is attached?

Denali 6000/s V2 may be a better fit space wise for me personally. But I have to ask how much I'm giving up in the process...

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I also have a Denali 6000v2 + Typhon QR in my stereo system powering everything there except for my amps. I will be most interested in comparing the Everest to the Denali/Typhon once I get it. I do find my Triton v3 to be the best sounding; especially in my home theater, so that’s where it stays. Due to that, auditioning the Everest in my stereo is a must.

Puma Cat said:

The summit of power distributor technology & design has been reached with Everest.

Some "lifestyle pics" for the gang.

With the absolutely amazing First Sound preamp....hands down the finest preamp I have ever heard.

With matching C-J components....we be stylin'!

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Puma Cat. Simply gorgeous including the rest of your gear. The Everest is indeed big, but I have made room for it.

BTW, If you don’t mind me asking, when did you order yours to get it so soon? Thanks.

I'd be very interested in your comparison. The Everest is a like an elegant sculpture - I'd hate to hide it behind my rack but I'm concerned that a lot of Alpha cables going out it will be rather crowded. I'm thinking of placing it between my two racks - not sure, as I've read a lot of good things about the Denali 6000v2. Look forward to your comparison.

RLF said:

I also have a Denali 6000v2 + Typhon QR in my stereo system powering everything there except for my amps. I will be most interested in comparing the Everest to the Denali/Typhon once I get it. I do find my Triton v3 to be the best sounding; especially in my home theater, so that’s where it stays. Due to that, auditioning the Everest in my stereo is a must.

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Calvin said:

It's beautiful, but taller than what I was expecting - yeah, Everest! It doesn't appear you have any cords attached to it. So, how crowded will it become when everything is attached?

Denali 6000/s V2 may be a better fit space wise for me personally. But I have to ask how much I'm giving up in the process...

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No, I removed all the cables completely for the lifestyle photograph for a nice, clean look to the system. If you look at a Wilson ad, you will note there are no cable connected there, either.

The design of the Everest makes it super easy to route and attach power cables, even big ones, like the Omega XC. Also, its really easy to place Everest and all PCs dressed on side of the audio rack, and all digital and signal cables dressed on the other side of the rack so the two classes of cables do not cross and are nicely separated from each other. I'll put up a pic of PCs going into Everest later today.

RLF said:

I also have a Denali 6000v2 + Typhon QR in my stereo system powering everything there except for my amps. I will be most interested in comparing the Everest to the Denali/Typhon once I get it. I do find my Triton v3 to be the best sounding; especially in my home theater, so that’s where it stays. Due to that, auditioning the Everest in my stereo is a must.

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Be prepared to buy it once you hear it....there's no "going down the mountain" once you've scaled its heights. TRUST me on this.

That floor rug looks like a video test pattern.
Everest is much more substantial in size than I was expecting.
Anybody selling their Typhon QR?

RLF said:

Puma Cat. Simply gorgeous including the rest of your gear. The Everest is indeed big, but I have made room for it.

BTW, If you don’t mind me asking, when did you order yours to get it so soon? Thanks.

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This is Everest unit no. 2, IIRC. As many businesses, including photography studios, are presently in "lockdown", Unit #2 was sent to me for product photography. I've been working hard the last week to produce product shots, and have been doing luminosity masking, frequency seperation, and color correction in the layer stacks and cutting paths for compositing.

You may remember this photo that Caelin posted a few days ago.

Calvin said:

I'd be very interested in your comparison. The Everest is a like an elegant sculpture - I'd hate to hide it behind my rack but I'm concerned that a lot of Alpha cables going out it will be rather crowded. I'm thinking of placing it between my two racks - not sure, as I've read a lot of good things about the Denali 6000v2. Look forward to your comparison.

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I’ll share my impressions once that I get it. Indeed since my Denali/Typhon sounds so good, I plan on trying the Everest first by itself and then though my Typhon QR to see what sounds best and how that compares with the Denali.

From the positive reports which I’ve read about the Omega, I bet that it would really make the Denali sound better. Im hoping that the Everest will be a significant upgrade from the Denali.

Even though I placed an order for an Omega XC to use with the Everest, I’m first going to use the Sigma v1 which I’m using now with my Denali/Typhon combo to to take the power cord equation out of the mix for comparison purposes. Then I will install the Omega to see what that does.

Indeed one should not hide something as beautiful as the Everest if at all possible. While I have the shelf Denali now, I plan on placing the Everest between my two audio racks as you have suggested. That should really help with power cord management.

RLF said:

I’ll share my impressions once that I get it. Indeed since my Denali/Typhon sounds so good, I plan on trying the Everest first by itself and then though my Typhon QR to see what sounds best and how that compares with the Denali.

From the positive reports which I’ve read about the Omega, I bet that it would really make the Denali sound better. Im hoping that the Everest will be a significant upgrade from the Denali.

Even though I placed an order for an Omega XC to use with the Everest, I’m first going to use the Sigma v1 which I’m using now with my Denali/Typhon combo to to take the power cord equation out of the mix for comparison purposes. Then I will install the Omega to see what that does.

Indeed one should not hide something as beautiful as the Everest if at all possible. While I have the shelf Denali now, I plan on placing the Everest between my two audio racks as you have suggested. That should really help with power cord management.

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That will be a useful set of experiments.

What I can say is that Everest is CONSIDERABLY better-sounding and on the whole, more impressive on a number of different levels than Denali V2 by itself, even when Denali V2 is powered by a Sigma XC or Omega XC. And that is saying something because Denali V2 alone is extremely impressive.

I've never had a Typhon QR to pair with Denali, but given that the QR/BB device in Everest is 3X the size of Denali, we are talking a completely different level of performance here. If Denali is a Porsche GT2 RS, Everest is the Le Mans winning Porsche 919 Hybrid Eco prototype that shattered the overall lap record at Nurburgring Nordschleife.

Everest also has a CMode filter inside it that Denali does not and this device brings a LOT to the table, sonically-speaking.

So...just to give you guys some "perspective" about the differences in the performance envelope between Denali 6000/S V2 and Everest, here are some videos to watch:

Denali V2:
Porsche GT2 RS Manthey Racing at the Nordschleife. This lap is the overall fastest production car lap ever recorded in the history of the Nurburgring, and IMHO, is representative of Denali v2s performance relative to other "power distributors" (i.e., other sports cars).
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Everest:
Porsche 919 Hybrid Evo at the Nordschleife. This lap is the overall fastest lap ever recorded that (finally) eclipsed Stefan Belloff's 30+ year old record set in a Porsche 956 in 1985.
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You will note how hard the GT2 RS will accelerate out of a corner and the horsepower (which is torque X RPM) builds down a straight. Then compare to how much harder the 919 accelerates out of the same corner and how much faster and more dynamically the power builds coming out of the same corner in the 919. This is a good visual analogy comparing how the Everest "scales" and provides "dynamic slam" compared to Denali. The "electrical charge" that the larger QR/BB device in Everest provides, is to a large degree, the driving force here.

Both are amazing engineering accomplishments in their own right.

It's just that one is even more amazing than the other....

Everest also has a CMode filter inside it that Denali does not and this device brings a LOT to the table, sonically-speaking.[/QUOTE]

What is this technology? Does it makes its debut in Everest ? Or, was it a feature of the Triton V3 or Typhon QR?

mdp632 said:

What is this technology? Does it makes its debut in Everest ? Or, was it a feature of the Triton V3 or Typhon QR?

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As best as I understand it, CMode is a "common-mode noise" filter technology; its another class or "mode" of noise reduction. It actually made it's debut on the Shunyata Sigma Alpha and Sigma Ethernet cables, where it does work to notaby reduce noise on Ethernet cables. Its effect and impact on Ethernet cables is quite audible.

For Everest, Caelin was able to create a design embodiment of the CMode filter that actually works in a high-current device such as a power distributor, which to my understanding, was a breakthrough in what is referred to in systems engineering as "functional conflicts".

It is not in any series of Denali, Triton V3, or Typhon QR (actually, Typhon QR is not a "noise-reduction" device. As best as I understand it, it is a reservoir of "Coulombic charge". Caelin linked to the patent in this forum the other day).

I'll leave it to Caelin to provide more detail about CMode if he so desires.

Puma Cat,

With everything you’ve stated in the above posts, it makes an impressive case for the Everest. I’ll have to hear it as soon as this COVID junk stops - slows down enough so my doctor says go ...

Have you compared the Denali v2 or Everest against AQs offerings?

Calvin said:

Puma Cat,

With everything you’ve stated in the above posts, it makes an impressive case for the Everest. I’ll have to hear it as soon as this COVID junk stops - slows down enough so my doctor says go ...

Have you compared the Denali v2 or Everest against AQs offerings?

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Hi Joe,
I have not. The first aftermarket PCs I bought about a decade ago were Shunyata Diamondbacks and I never looked back. Been with Shunyata Research since the get-go. I like the fact that they publish patents on their core competencies that describes the science behind the technologies. So, as a scientist, I actually download and read all their patents.

As for AQ, they use chokes, coils and or inductors in their PD's, and I am not a fan of using those components in power distributors.

Plus, virtually no one else has anything remotely like QR/BB technology, which, IMHO, is as fundamental a breakthrough as the development the transistor.

Puma Cat said:

..its really easy to place Everest and all PCs dressed on side of the audio rack, and all digital and signal cables dressed on the other side of the rack so the two classes of cables do not cross and are nicely separated from each other. I'll put up a pic of PCs going into Everest later today.

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Please do. TIA. I think I can learn from how you do it. I current have 6000T and I just put it next to the wall side way and it’s mostly hidden behind the speakers.

kzhtoo said:

Please do. TIA. I think I can learn from how you do it. I current have 6000T and I just put it next to the wall side way and it’s mostly hidden behind the speakers.

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Will do...

Puma Cat said:

Hi Joe,
I have not. The first aftermarket PCs I bought about a decade ago were Shunyata Diamondbacks and I never looked back. Been with Shunyata Research since the get-go. I like the fact that they publish patents on their core competencies that describes the science behind the technologies. So, as a scientist, I actually download and read all their patents.

As for AQ, they use chokes, coils and or inductors in their PD's, and I am not a fan of using those components in power distributors.

Plus, virtually no one else has anything remotely like QR/BB technology, which, IMHO, is as fundamental a breakthrough as the development the transistor.

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Thanks. I use AQ for home theater, but Shunyata for the audio system. I like the way Shunyata works at present. But I continue to read a lot about AQ as well. Both do use different technologies to get to the ultimate goal of the absolute best audio possible. Lots of post COVID listening to do.

If a Denali V1 brings no audible change in my system, should I neuter my expectations for Everest? Obviously the benefits these components bring are system dependent, it's just that in my system the Denali V1 just doesn't party much.