Tonight I had some free time so I had some fun with the Alpha NR and my Entech. For a baseline I plugged the Entech into a standard 15amp outlet in my listening room and adjusted the gain to as close to 100 as I could. See first picture. I then simply plugged the NR into the same outlet, not connected to anything. See picture two. Then it was time for the NR on the Talos plugged into a dedicated 20amp line. Picture three is a baseline plugged directly into the 20amp outlet, picture four the Entech is plugged into the Talos. Picture five in the Alpha NR hooked firmly into the dedicated 20amp line.
In the original post I want to make clear the measurements were taken during the mid day and the junk on the lines tonight was very strong. I was pulling in a radio talk show and could make out the conversation very clearly. I'm going to take another reading tomorrow mid day in hopes of attempting more of a apples to apples comparison to my original post. Now, lets get to the sound.
I cannot say the difference was profound but the needle did move a little in a positive direction. Bass seemed a little faster, background a little blacker, vocals a bit more forward, and just a bit more detail. What was most evident was the perceived volume. A definite increase in gain since I last listened to the system, I hadn't touched the volume over the last few listening sessions. Was it worth the price of enrollment (MSPR of the Alpha NR is $1500)? For the most part I'm inclined to say yes.
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Last edited by DonBattles; 08-23-2017 at 03:23 PM.
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