Shunyata 6000S V2 Review

Denali is back with rightful owner and I miss it. It does change how my stereo presents, but I like what it did. It was more cohesive and even. Felt more balanced top to bottom. Even though my buzzing was louder, there may have been an underlying noise that was cleaned. I kind of want to try it again to see if it was ridding DC or noise that builds up at night. I did not have time to focus on that when I had it.

Last night without it my buzz got to heard through the tv loud. I dont remember or did not focus on whether the amplitude of buzzing was rising and falling durring the day and night.
Does rhe Denali block DC?
 
My friends have $16,000 power cords. And a mess of $7,000 cords. I have $300 power cords. Actually moving to $27 power cords. But hey, the $27 ones get out of the way of the sound. You are closer to the gear and whats really going on in your stereo.
A darn good cord for the money is the Akiko power cord. I was going to get a loom of them but felt they like most other more expensive cords add their "color". I'm trying to get away from tone controls.
I think the Denali was doing something as such. It did not sound artificial. It seemed to let sound flow more even and open. It was more music coming through. Less audiophile equipment sound getting between my ears and the source. If that makes sense.
 
Kingrex said:
Denali is back with rightful owner and I miss it. It does change how my stereo presents, but I like what it did. It was more cohesive and even. Felt more balanced top to bottom. Even though my buzzing was louder, there may have been an underlying noise that was cleaned. I kind of want to try it again to see if it was ridding DC or noise that builds up at night. I did not have time to focus on that when I had it.

Last night without it my buzz got to heard through the tv loud. I dont remember or did not focus on whether the amplitude of buzzing was rising and falling durring the day and night.
Does rhe Denali block DC?
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Your buzz is due to a ground loop somewhere, I would think. Could it possbly be due to some other home appliances, perhaps?
 
Puma Cat said:
Your buzz is due to a ground loop somewhere, I would think. Could it possbly be due to some other home appliances, perhaps?
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No its not. And I don't want to go into the days an weeks of investigation as well as consultation with engineers and builders on the issue. Its the Ampsandsound Casablanca are noisy. The internal amp noise is exacerbated by noise coming in from the utility line. I have posted of the issue on other forums. Ground loops is becoming an overused excuse for poor equipment design. Not all gear is created equal. It also seems some gear may wear out in ways not envisioned quicker than anticipated. There is also system synergy. I have 96 db efficient speakers. Its not such an issue with 89 db speakers.
 
Kingrex, I'm not an EE, but after reading a bit, wondering if a GigaWatt power conditioner (e.g., their PC-4 EVO+ with DC Offset Blocker) might be of interest.
 
Kingrex said:
No its not. And I don't want to go into the days an weeks of investigation as well as consultation with engineers and builders on the issue. Its the Ampsandsound Casablanca are noisy. The internal amp noise is exacerbated by noise coming in from the utility line.
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Ah, got it, thanks, Kingrex.
 
Kingrex said:
My friends have $16,000 power cords. And a mess of $7,000 cords. I have $300 power cords. Actually moving to $27 power cords. But hey, the $27 ones get out of the way of the sound. You are closer to the gear and whats really going on in your stereo.
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Ha!-you must have been reading my mails--I just went though the same episodes:S!

In a time far behind and up till 2weeks ago--I had $3,000 power cords

-they remained part of the system till forced to pack for moving to new Digs. When gear setup sans the exotic cords-which
were still in transit due to storms over the country-I dug up some humble grey ones to at least test the waters and say the odd prayer in case anything damaged during the move.

After the mandatory warmup with the test discs/Cardas/etc --settled down to listen--exhaled finally all sounding great on my known music--great, in fact clean pure and so natural-- WTF?
yes how is possible without my behemoth 4x $3k cords in play??

I didn't even bother over the next few days to when the cords arrived to change out--my instinct and ears told me the sonics were bliss--the grey ones stayed and have actually
resolved to even purer output than I have heard previous--true!

Oh yes the ordinary grey ones 2.5m factory moulded/etc $15 are Japanese branded Hirakawa's( not the lauded Ching Chengs,tried one of those and the stage closed in).

The BIG expensive -and colored x4 are on the market to see if I can recoup some Funds and maybe some humility to replace the ego that purchased them:happy:!

Bruce
 
Oh yes the ordinary grey ones 2.5m factory moulded/etc $15 are Japanese branded Hirakawa's( not the lauded Ching Chengs,tried one of those and the stage closed in).

Bruce[/QUOTE]
Pretty sure I got the Chengs. So far they sound best on the digital equipment. I am getting more to try on the preamp and amps. The Akiko sounds good on the phono pre. Its about $235.

My preamp came with 2 x $20 cords. When I first got the preamp I said to Emmanuel, owner of First Sound. Something is off in my setup. He came over with a fist full of his $20 power cord and started taking out all the furutec, Signal Cable, Sillnote cables etc from my system one at a time. At first I did not like what I was hearing. He said he liked it and could we go on. On the last cord, both our jaws drop and we looked at each other like what just happened. It was amazing the change for the better. It all snapped into place.
 
FWIW, the Denali I was using had a Alpha HC cable feeding it. That setup worked well together. If I was feeding my system with a wall plug I might go that route. I would not use a Cheng to feed the unit.
 
Yoh K, Agree the Cheng was not a good match for my Tube Amp but Ok on the Digital front end-- yes certainly not on any serious power unit/regenerator/conditioner/etc.

though I was told Nelson Pass packages the Cheng with his Units--interesting

The Hirakawas were sonically cleaner and gave tad better openess to the staging in my setup.

YVMV.
Agree with you on the removal of some of the Hi End cabling bits and bobs--took gritting of teeth but worth it-ha!:P

Bruce
 
GSOphile, I have a Topaz line isolation transformer. I wired it in line to my power strip. It pretty much 100% evens out the fluctuations in intensity of humming in my system. It keeps it all at a very low level. So I know I have outside influences. But, it does not sound so good. You hear the transformer. I guess we are all hearing a utility transformer, and the transformers in out equipment. But I don't like the sound of iso transformers. I also have a medical Isolation transforner. Same thing.

I need to test the denali again to see if it stops outside noise. That or get new amps that have a regulated power supply and are less susceptible to noise.
I play music at night very quiet and it just sucks to hear loud buzzing in the evening when trying to relax. During the day its pretty quiet. You have to listen for the noise between songs. Its definitely there but not in your face.
 
FWIW, this thread is not about cables. But power cables are part of what connect to the Denali.

Just one diversion. Even though I find some very inexpensive power cables sound good. The exact opposite is true of speaker, digital and to a degree interconnexts. Crappy digital cables are harsh, grating and cloudy. Same for speaker. Interconnect are sensitive but not as intense a negative impact with low quality as the impact of a bad ethernet, usb or speaker cable.
 
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Thanks for the information Caelin. I would like to know if they will come out of 4 outlets too, or only 8? Thank you.
 
Hi Caelin. Any news on the Denali T V2? I need to get a new conditioner and was about to buy a 6000s V2.
 
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