I have now had a few days with the Intuition, here are a few observations that might be helpful.
Running in time is very important. It probably needs about four days to come to life.
Treat it like a high end HiFi component for best results. I played around with various options and this is what I have learnt:
- Power conditioning makes a big difference. I now have it running through a dedicated Quantum QX4 and it makes the world of difference. Do not mix your other components onto the same conditioner. During the first two days I also had the MacMini on the same supply and the vocals were not as well defined. It is now a nice wide stage with pinpoint accurate 3D imaging. For some reason it is very sensitive to dirty power.
- I use Nordost Valhalla speaker cables with the Watt Puppies and the Intuition. It might feel like overkill to do this as the cables are close to the same price as the Intuition, but as I said before this is a serious piece of HiFi. Think of it like you are getting $40,000 - $50,000 of HiFi for the price of $7000, then you can easily justify the extra bits.
I am even more impressed with it than on the first day. Easy to use, easy to install and sounds terrific.
Thank you for sharing! I knew it would be great!