@Ermos I apologize for misquoting you but your analysis of the impact power cables have on the Clock are what I was trying to point out. I know when I trialed Shunyata’s Alpha NR v2 compared to Shunyata’s high end Omega QR-S power cable on my Rossini DAC, the improvement the Omega QR-S cable made was noticeable so I purchased the Omega QR-S.
I recently purchased a Rossini Clock and my dealer provided me with the same 2 Shunyata power cables that I’ll evaluate and will purchase the best Clock power cable. I also have 4 sets of Clock cables that I’ll be auditioning (Van Damme, Wireworld Gold Starlight 7, Audioquest Diamond and Cardas Lightning).
I also purchased a Farad LPS for my EtherREGEN that’s arriving today to replace the EtherREGEN SMPS
I believe that the Farad LPS will be better or at least as good as the EtherREGEN SMPS and will likely keep it in play during my evaluation of the power and Clock cables. I plan to only change one variable at a time starting with the power cable shootout and will listen with each setup for 5 - 7 days. I’ll then conclude with the Clock cable shootout.
I appreciate anyone recommending a better shootout approach.
@Ermos did you get burn in time to the cable? I never put a quality power cord on my system that I didn’t hear the diference. I now bought a Odin power cable but i have to run it almost 400 hours and ill do a little more. But i already see a big diference.
I would like to come again to this topic , Clock cable…
Mys setup is dcs Rossini integrated, clock Vivaldi and Clock 10mhz cybershaft. I used dcs , diy, Oyaide, cybershaft new digital cable and now shunyata sigma v2. I did already comparison sector, interconnected xlr cable and there are differences. But I didn’t expect to get so differences a clock cable. Last one tested was the shunyata, and differences are huged. How can it be explain ?
Part of it comes down to the fact that all cables have an inductance, capacitance and resistance. This means that the signal is forced to go through what amounts to an electrical filter.
Add to this that many clock signals are square waves which require an infinite bandwidth to replicate, all cables are going to change the signal in one way or another (depending on the frequency).
How it changes the signal will depend on the frequency, inductance etc mentioned above. Some more than others - and different people may well prefer the sonic signature of one cable over another.
The law regarding resistance, inductance and capacitance ( I believe Faraday) I understand applies in respect of a conductor rather than cable. The terms are not synonymous strictly speaking. A cable may be thought of as a device which contains at least one conductor. The device has other complexities which can affect those parameters viewed in combination ( " lumped" ), but also introduces other elements such as a dielectric ( other than air or a vacuum), connectors, shielding from parasitic interference, sheathing or even the geometry of construction and metallurgy. I doubt that this list is exhaustive. The variation of all of these may influence why they can sound different. A major issue however is which of them correlates with a particular sonic aspect and to whom that aspect is significant.
Getting a set of the Geistnote cables through Amazon was irresistible, so I did it, and am pleased with the sound quality improvement over those provided with the clock. Thanks!
second, is just one cable and I actually like to see the evolution