Power Cord & Interconnects for K-Series CDP

[Masterlu]

Originally Posted by bvdiman

Not at all..

[Anthony]

Kiwi

I have reviewed your posts on PC and IC questions and a thin sound comment.
Q. When listening to the Esoteric K-03, are your usual interconnects XLR or RCA based ?

If XLR, then the reason for a thin sound often relates a hot pin mismatch, in other words an inverted phase, also revealed by an unusually wide sound stage.
USA (McIntosh etc) and your Euro made Gryphon have Pin 2 positive (hot) & Pin 3 negative (cold), whereas Japanese products have Pin 2 (cold) & Pin 3 (hot).
Luckily with Esoteric you can switch phase easily.
(Not so with the Luxman CD8 I auditioned recently, or the early Marantz SA11-S1 both being fixed. Only way to unfix is with a cross-over cable or a few minutes swapping pins with a soldering iron).

Your Gryphon amplification from Denmark is special indeed. Always well reviewed.

Anthony (in Oz)

[kiwi_1282001]

Originally Posted by Anthony

Kiwi

I have reviewed your posts on PC and IC questions and a thin sound comment.
Q. When listening to the Esoteric K-03, are your usual interconnects XLR or RCA based ?

Hello Anthony,

Many thanks for taking the trouble to reply.

My usual interconnects are unbalanced so the issue would not be pin mis-match.

Good thinking though...

Originally Posted by Anthony

Kiwi


Your Gryphon amplification from Denmark is special indeed. Always well reviewed.

Yes, I think the Gryphon stuff is quite special. Suited me more than Dartzeel, Vitus or ASR.

By all accounts the Gryphon stuff has sold very well in Oz.