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Old 10-22-2019, 01:56 PM
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Congratulations, Tony. My guess is that you'll have some good listening to look forward to.
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Old 10-22-2019, 02:32 PM
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Congratulations, Antonmb. After they break in we're looking forward to your impressions uf them. Congrats again.
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Congratulations Tony. Looking forward to hearing your impressions.
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Waiting for those impressions .....


Please see my post of August 19.
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Old 10-23-2019, 01:18 AM
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Thanks guys, impressions already posted a couple of months ago, further back in this thread. Shunyata uses a proprietary process called KPIP, which pretty much eliminates the need for any extended burn-in - I’ve found the sound doesn’t really change meaningfully over time, so I have no post-break-in impressions to report.
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... Next will be speaker cables, which are now Shunyata Cobra Ztron, but that will be a little while yet - the Ztrons are still great cables, and other priorities may get in the way.
If you go from Cobra Zitron to Sigma speaker cables, you may experience a bit more than "A nice improvement but nothing revelatory."

I replaced a 7m run of Anaconda Zitron with Sigma for a clear improvement in transparency and a significant improvement in tonal depth. I may be understating the move from Cobra. :-o

The Alpha SC (which I have not heard) is similar to Sigma (6ga vs 7ga + HARP) and may be in the value sweet spot, but try the Sigma if you have an opportunity. They still may be on sale.
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If you go from Cobra Zitron to Sigma speaker cables, you may experience a bit more than "A nice improvement but nothing revelatory."



I replaced a 7m run of Anaconda Zitron with Sigma for a clear improvement in transparency and a significant improvement in tonal depth. I may be understating the move from Cobra. :-o



The Alpha SC (which I have not heard) is similar to Sigma (6ga vs 7ga + HARP) and may be in the value sweet spot, but try the Sigma if you have an opportunity. They still may be on sale.


Thanks Tim, I missed this post. I’ll put the Sigmas on the list and see if I can swing them when the time comes.
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I have tested Alpha level (various),...they are "the" sweet spot at a great price in the line. Sigma is wonderful but if budgets don't allow, Alpha, IMHO gets you damned close!
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I have tested Alpha level (various),...they are "the" sweet spot at a great price in the line. Sigma is wonderful but if budgets don't allow, Alpha, IMHO gets you damned close!
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Shunyata's current 20%-off promotion finally got me to pull the trigger on an Alpha NR pc for my preamp (to replace my Harmonic Technology pc), and a pair of Alpha speaker cables (to replace my ancient MIT Shotgun SCs)! They should arrive sometime in January. A treat to start the new year! Thanks, Ivan!


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