With Denali 6000t Slight Loss of Dynamics?

[robd2]

Originally Posted by Bar81

Thanks for this thread. I've been a little annoyed at what I perceived was a lack of dynamics but thought I must be imagining things. Well I finally got around to reconfiguring my system so that the monos were no longer powered via the 6000T and it was pretty shocking the difference. On my system, the blunting of dynamics by the Denali is obvious. I'll likely keep it this way, with the front end running off the Denali and the monos direct to the wall. Thanks again.

Great find! Yes I can imagine those DAG amps would not be happy plugged into anything but directly to the wall. Amazing system by the way, those Utopias are lightening quick.

[Bar81]

Originally Posted by robd2

Great find! Yes I can imagine those DAG amps would not be happy plugged into anything but directly to the wall. Amazing system by the way, those Utopias are lightening quick.

Thanks. They're quick but only when fed gobs of power (the Maestro is an inefficient speaker) and now that I've done some more listening, it's clear the Denali was choking the life out of the M400s. Performance has jumped considerably across the board with the M400s direct to the wall with Shunyata King Cobra CX PCs.

[tdelahanty]

Originally Posted by robd2

Doing an in home demo with a 6000t. Very impressive how it cleans up the music top to bottom. I like it a lot. The downside, I’m absolutely losing some dynamics. I started with just my preamp (VAC) connected to bank 2 and my small McIntosh amp in the HC bank. Putting the amp back to the wall helped some but not completely and of course I lose some of the Denali magic.

Has anyone else experienced this? I’m going to try moving my preamp to the HC bank next. As a FYI I’m using an Alpha HC cord from wall to Denali.

Try connecting your amp to the regular outlets. The high current outlets probably have the same electronic devices which limit current inrush (during turn-on) as are included internally in the amp. My Levinson 532H sounds better this way.