Accurate Phase

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This might be a topic that has been discussed here many years ago. Maybe it hasn't.

Accuphase really stands for delivering phase accuracy in music reproduction and this is why they deliver such enjoyable music in a system that is built around retaining as much phase accuracy as possible.

So considering this is actually in their name, I am fascinated that this aspect is not much more discussed here. When I started with Accuphase and started to learn about phase accuracy, I first bought an Accuphase amp and then a CD player. I already had speakers that are fairly phase accurate though I now know that there are speakers out there that can do a better job. But funds are limited.

What has really fascinated me in the last two years or so is the improvements I have achieved (with great advise from my HIFI dealer) without upgrading my electronics but instead invest in isolation, mains cables and interconnect. I feel these things are extremely undervalued. I would go as far as it is better to buy a model further down the ranks if it enables the acquisition of these additional things that are so important. These types of improvements don't come cheap and in my case have cost me as much as an upgrading from an E380 to and E800. But I actually know from my experience that in my world of limited budget, it was more important to get everything around the electronics right before considering an upgrade to a bigger amp.

Maybe these things are not discussed here because it is an Accuphase forum but then I think it should be discussed here because it is a forum of electronics that adhere so much to the philosophy of accurate phase and it is easily lost/reduced by choosing the wrong interconnect (can still be very expensive) or a rack that does not help with isolation.

If this is not a topic of interest then I am sure it will die quickly here. No problem.