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Old 08-30-2012, 04:58 PM
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The Mr. T worked wonders for me. I knew the power supply in my neighborhood was crappy because I was literally forced to buy speed controller for my turntable which was a add on option. But I was slow to pull the trigger on the Mr. T becuase I figured I would eventually pick up one used just to try it when one came up but the used prices were too close to a new one for me so I bought new while the money was buring in my pocket. Once installed I tried to kick myself for not doing it sooner. "The cherry on top of the Sundae" is a good description. It already sounds good but the Mr.T somehow completes the presentation. To my ears I gained a fullnessness and refinement particularly with piano.
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Old 09-08-2012, 10:14 AM
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Yesterday my dealer shindo came to the house to make me listen to a Montille

he had a Mr.T we have made listening with Mr.T and without Mr.T.

I find Mr.T is better: more 3D nice soundstage great impact these is my conclusion.

I take the Mr.T in my system.

The Montille with CV391 is very fast I like this my futur purchase
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Old 10-19-2016, 05:28 PM
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My Shindo Mr. T isolation transformer came in today from Pitch Perfect, and of course, it looks gorgeous!

I'll spend some time understanding what effect it has on the system but I feel a lot better having some electrical protection and isolation. ⚡️

Did I mention it looks amazing?!





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Old 10-19-2016, 07:56 PM
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Looks great Josh. It was a trade off for me, so I passed on it. I have dedicated lines here as well. I also had the mono CC's at the time, and I heard that 2- T's is better with monos. I only tried the 1. Love that Shindo bubble wrap. Keep us posted. Cheers -Don
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Old 10-20-2016, 12:26 AM
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Congrats !
Your speakers are Shindo Valencia ? Could we see a pic ? They look gorgeous.
I have two Mr. T's in my system. One is connected to the digital components, the other is for the amps, preamp, TT and tuner.
Their effect on the sound of the system is rather subtile. But you can clearly hear a step up in musicality and "relaxing" factor. I am very glad to have them.
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Hello Jerome! Hope you are well. The speakers are Altec Flamenco - a sister model to the Valencia - same drivers, crossover, and similar cabinet volume but in Spanish oak instead of walnut. Sure I'll post some better pics in the daylight, but I have mint 604D's and 360L internal volume (410L external) walnut cabinets are in the works.

Yah, I can definitely understand having a 2 Mr. T set-up like how you have. I always wonder about the TT though because motors are notoriously noisy. I was wondering if maybe they would be better with the digital stuff hmm?

Ok, talk to you soon.

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Congrats !
Your speakers are Shindo Valencia ? Could we see a pic ? They look gorgeous.
I have two Mr. T's in my system. One is connected to the digital components, the other is for the amps, preamp, TT and tuner.
Their effect on the sound of the system is rather subtile. But you can clearly hear a step up in musicality and "relaxing" factor. I am very glad to have them.

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Old 10-20-2016, 03:08 AM
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I can understand that Don. I've heard that isolation transformers can limit dynamics is not significantly overrated. I think these are ~500VA so yah with all that gear you have I'd do two like Jerome for sure. I live in an Irvine Company Luxury apartments so there are the recessed CFLs, appliances, wifi, etc that I'd want to filter the noise from. And I just want piece of mind too. Two of my good friends have had electrical related issues in winter over the past couple years...one guy lives on the coastline though but still. My amp doesn't even draw an amp so I feel pretty good and it was sounding really nice earlier.

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Looks great Josh. It was a trade off for me, so I passed on it. I have dedicated lines here as well. I also had the mono CC's at the time, and I heard that 2- T's is better with monos. I only tried the 1. Love that Shindo bubble wrap. Keep us posted. Cheers -Don
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Old 10-20-2016, 03:15 AM
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Hello Jerome! Hope you are well. The speakers are Altec Flamenco - a sister model to the Valencia - same drivers, crossover, and similar cabinet volume but in Spanish oak instead of walnut. Sure I'll post some better pics in the daylight, but I have mint 604D's and 360L internal volume (410L external) walnut cabinets are in the works.



Yah, I can definitely understand having 2 Mr. T set-up how you have. I always wonder about the TT though because motors are notoriously noisy. I was wondering if maybe they would be better with the digital stuff hmm?



Ok, talk to you soon.


Hum...I did not think about that. May give it s try. Thanks !!
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Here you go Jerome!

On a Mr. T note to not go too far off topic I'm playing a super early Japanese 1983 Miles Davis - Sketches of Spain on Spanish Oak Flamenco and it sounds superb. I'm certainly happy with the quality after adding the Mr. T. At the very least I can be sure I'm not loosing anything. Sounds maybe like how your system can sound late at night.

Do you leave the Mr. T on all the time, or do you turn on/off your system from the Mr. T?





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Old 10-21-2016, 12:14 AM
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Very nice !!
I still wonder how this beautiful grille can be acoustically transparent !

I turn off the Mr. Ts when I do not listen to the system. 2 buttons turn off everything.
I do no think that there could be any gain to let them on all the time.
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