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Very interesting thread as i'm upgrading now after 17 years of buying nothing new.
Tomorrow the Niagara 1000 and 0,9m NRG-4 will be here. Niagara will replace the old "Sun-Leiste" (a german product?): http://www.hifi-spezialist-reiter.de/sun-leiste.html NRG-4 goes to the Power-Amp. The big industrial PowerCord will go from Wall to Niagara (and will be replaced soon). I wonder how much improvement i'd get with the Thunder. And what to improve next in order. I think: Most important Connection is Niagara to Amp. Second important from Wall to Niagara. Third important from Niagara to the Wadia-CD-Player. Right? |
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They all do make a difference, but I'm aware of several cable companies that recommend using your best power cable from the wall to the distributor/conditioner. One benefit of that configuration is that all of the connected components can potentially benefit from its effect.
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I'm listening to music as I type and want to say so much about how the Audioquest power cords have transformed my system, but I hesitate to say more than I already have. Now, I just can't help but to wonder what adding a Dragon source power cord on my Dave DAC would do? Has anyone directly compared the Hurricane to a Dragon source power cord?
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I'm still waiting for my final Hurricane power cord. I ordered it a month ago and Audioquest told me yesterday it may be another 60 days!!! 90 days for a power cord? Someone help me understand?
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Audioquest does not manufacture their own power cables, might still be Chinese producer?
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Might cancel my order; replacing two NRG 1000s is falling lower in priority than some other stuff I want to do with my turntable setups. The old NRG Wild and WEL are also great cords, and they'll continue to come down in price on the secondary markets. I wonder if Tornado/Thunder have this supply bottleneck too? I remember some years ago I wanted to buy an Ortofon Cadenza Bronze badly, but they could not produce for several months due to the cantilever part supplier. Eventually I gave up and bought on the used market. Last edited by mulveling; 04-22-2018 at 04:06 AM. |
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It’s true. AQ underestimated the popularity of the Hurricanes. Sales are 400% more than projected. The cables are made in China and terminated on the US. I’m very concerned that they begin to cut corners on order to keep up with demand.
I’m faced with a back order as well, although I wasn’t told it would be 90 days. That’s not cool. I’m wondering if I might cancel my order.
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My dealer informed me they're shipping Hurricanes now, and I should have mine very soon (hopefully tomorrow?). So I didn't have to cancel. But I ordered right around late-Feb / March 1, and I'm wondering whether later orders may have to endure another backorder round (just my speculation)?
Getting a Tornado without battery pack is a big miss on their part; very unlike AQ. I'll let you guys know if anything's amiss on my 'canes! This huge demand influx makes clear just how big a deal power cords have become in our hobby. Once a cord line is blessed and ordained as "great", it sells like crazy. Last edited by mulveling; 04-26-2018 at 09:48 PM. |
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