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VCOM network distribution products include CAT5, CAT5E, CAT6 cable, Link Rack, general RJ45 Socket, 110 Socket, RJ45 Jack, Connector, Patch cable and variety of assembly boxes, Stripping, Crimping and Impacting Tools and so on. Our purposes are of providing series of products for Computer and Computer peripherals connecting, LAN and WAN connecting.
RPC09 - Super Flexible Speaker Cable - 4x2,5mm²
RPC series was designed to maximize and provide the best signal transfer from the amplifier head to the cabinet. Reference® speaker cable RPC09 features 4 conductors and can be used on systems working both with both Mono and Bi-Amping systems. It's “esoteric" multistrand construction for each conductor ( 7 strands with red copper capillary twisted wires). A multistrand cable has a significantly lower signal-loss than a generic one (single Strand), furthermore we made this power cable with a 4-conductor 2,5 mm². The multistrand technology and the PVC Super Flex jacket provide superior handlness and reliability.
CONSTRUCTION SPECS
Inner conductor - Red Copper 4x(7x20x015) - 2,5 mm² AWG13
Insulation - PVC Superflex diameter 1,5mm
Jacket - PVC Superflex diameter 12mm
Weight (Kg/100m) - 23,5Kg/100m
Working Temperature - -30 +70°C
RPCM01/03 - Hi-Q Speaker Cable
RECOMMENDED FOR connecting all guitar and bass amplifier models made up of amp head and cabinet. This series was designed to maximize and provide the best signal transfer between the head and the speakers. For this application, we specifically designed two models, with different conductor section sizes, respectively 3,3 mm² and 5,22 mm², appropriate for different power heads (heads up to 50 and over 500 watt are available, connecting to a cabinet that can have two or up to eight loudspeakers). Generally speaker cables supplied for head and cabinet are generic cables; instead, for our power cables we adopted an “esoteric” multistrand setup for each conductor: 7 strands with red copper capillary twisted wires. A cable built in ‘multi-strand’ has a lower signal loss then a generic cable, moreover, we have created the two models with parallel conductors to provide lower capacitance. The cable sheath is in a transparent PVC Sunburst, which highlights the conductor threading. The increased 1/4 inch jack is necessary to support the different wattage of various amplifiers.
RPCM01 CONSTRUCTION SPECS:
Inner Conductor - Red Copper 2x(7x60x010) – 3,3 mm2 AWG12
Insulation - PVC transparent 1,5mm
Dimension - 4,3x9,50
Weight (Kg/100mt.) - 8,9Kg/100m
Power Rating - 23 Ampere
Available Color - transparent brown
Working Temperature - -20 +70°C
RPCM03 CONSTRUCTION SPECS:
Inner Conductor - Red Copper 2x(7x95x010) – 5,22 mm2 AWG12
Insulation - PVC transparent 1,5mm
Dimension - 5x10
Weight (Kg/100mt.) - 13Kg/100m
Power Rating - 31 Ampere
Available Color - transparent brown
Working Temperature - -20 +70°C
The traditional steel lattice pylon design seen in the UK was designed in 1927 by Sir Reginald Blomfield to carry high-voltage electricity conductors across the country. It has remained largely unchanged since then.
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After you start controlling the noise that the power line products and hear the benefits that gives to the audio on your system, a product like the ifi AC iPurifier is a bargain.
have acquired the dc iPurifier 2, I have a substantial investment in power accessories in my desktop audio, audioquest thunder and tornado cables, an audioquest nigara, sbooster power supply’s, and now the DC iPurifier 2.
The introduction is not to grab about cables or other hardware, but because I thought the DC iPurifier 2 will not do anything or bring any benefit to my setup, it was connected between the SBooster and the SOtM sMS-200 Ultra streamer.
In my case it did no do a big, mean big difference but it made difference, after all hardware and cables before it to clean and modulate the sound to my taste it bettered the sound a little more.
What I have noticed was an overall sound gain in sharpness from low frequency’s to the high’s without compromising any musicality or having a degradation effect that some man in the middle accessories could bring.
I already have a pretty big investment for cleaning the electricity of my desktop audio, so the result of the DC iPurifier was a surprise to me that I was not expecting.
If I removed the SBooster and the audioquest tornado connected from the SOtM, and try the DC iPurifier 2 with the original power supply that comes with the SOtM the difference’s this time were in a greater proportion, as affects a lot more aspects of the sound as bigger image, a better sensation of transparency, attack and decay of notes, and the wall on the back of the speakers goes back a few inches more.
The combination of the SBooster, Audioquest tornado and DC iPurifier 2 result is justified for me, even giving only a small increase in the global result. But one thing I can’t complaint is an increase. The original SOtM transformer with DC iPurifier 2 combination is a bigger and more justified difference, but can’t compete with the added SBooster, AQ Tornado and DC iPurifier 2 trio.
All devices audio devices were connected to the AQ Nigara 1000, and for the price of the DS iPurifier 2 you can’t go wrong.
* Supports HDMI v1.3 with “Deep Color” HDTV resolutions up to 1080p (12-bit)
* Supports HDMI v1.3 / Category 2 data rates (3.4 Gbit/sec.) lengths up to 7.5 meters
* Supports HDMI v1.3 data rates up to 2.25 Gbit/sec. lengths up to 40 meters
* Supports PC data rates up to 1.65 Gbit/sec. lengths up to 60 meters
* Supports PC resolutions up to 1600x1200 / 60 Hz and 1920x1200 / 60 Hz
* Heavy-duty 22AWG copper wires for minimum insertion loss
* Ultra-low Skew guarantees unsurpassed digital fidelity
* Triple shielded for superior noise immunity
* Dual UL Ratings: UL13 (CL2) and UL758 (AWM20276)
* In-Wall Rated
* RoHS compliant (green friendly)
* Gold plated connectors
These High Speed Certified HDMI Cables are fully HDMI 1.4 compliant. These cables represent the highest level of performance offered by HDMI. These cables support all the newest features including:
* HDMI Ethernet Channel: Adds high-speed full-duplex 100Mb/s ethernet networking to an HDMI link. Connect one device - even your TV - to your hardwired network and every other HDMI device in the chain becomes a part of your network.
I became addict of the iPurifier when it fist brought it to my first edition iFi Micro iDSD, at the time I was discovering the iFi Products, and the iPurifier was an interesting product then in price and quality.
The original changed the sound signature of my system in a positive way, giving me more information and after that I brought the original Micro iUSB, but with the micro iUSB I also purchased the iPurifier 2, and they work paired giving me a lot or more information and dynamics, better sense of dimension with the harman kardon GLA-55, the effect was present in texture, better highs and lows, better small dynamic perception.
This small changes that sometimes when reading could be interpreted as big and that your system changes completely, but they are not in the magnitude of the words, but the words used are a good guide to focus a user in the perceptible changes in an easy to better evaluate the perceived benefits , for me in the way they work are in a magnitude way bigger than the 100 euros could give.
But this review is not about the iPurifier 2, instead the new iPurifier 3.
The iPurifier 3 is a USB gadget that reclocks, regenerates and has a rebalance tech, it incorporates a active noise cancelation technology that works impressively, a revised and upgraded version of the last itineration of their iPurifier 2 I also own, as always the unbox experience of the package from iFi products is very special.
The little package comes with a lot of extras and no one will indifferent of the construction quality of the iPurifier 3, it’s a rewarding hardware tech marvel.
Ifi upgraded all the internals resulting in a little bigger piece of hardware, there are new OS-CON capacitors, a new version of the noise canceling technology named “Active Noise Cancellation2® (ANC2)” and all the internals are better quality.
What about the iPurifier 3 in sound when compared to the 2.
The iPurifier 2 was a great product and it made an very good sonic upgrade, the iPurifier 3 feels a lot more refined, it has most the benefits form the iPurifier 3, but is more transparent, musical and natural, when connected to the system it does not have a defined personality, to explain I will try to explain the effect of the iPurifier 3 and the original iUSB, it added bass and highs noticeably, and when I connected to some of my higher quality and recent components like the iFi Pro iDSD version 2 gave a small veil in the sound. Notice that the iFi Pro iDSD does not need an iPurifier 2.
Anyway I tried the iPurifier 3 in my iFi iDSD pro to see if the same issue was present, and it was not, it simply cleaned the sound without any added issue, so this was an interesting test, the product has no degradation effect on the cables.
After that, as I brought it to the micro iDSD Black Label for my son I, removing the iPurifier 2 and connecting the iPurifier 3, it does give a more realistic and neutral musical presentation, also it really cleans more as some little sound are more perceptible like if o had sharpness to little details that where there but not so audible, the high frequencies are substantial more natural and less “irritating”, the lows are also more perceptible, and example is the Album Tubular Bells 3 from Mike Oldfield, the first track in the beginning has a bass that goes from left to right and right to left and that perception with the iPurifier 3 is a lot more defined and engages you more on the music track.
Also, the sound stage has benefits, as you gain small details and separation, you also gain in density of information, focus on all the dimensions of the soundstage and a global better enjoyment of your music.
Reading all the above and buying the iPurifier 3 is a no brainer if you have a system transparent enough that could show changes in the whole, I used the iFi new Gemini 3.0 Cable and also an Audioquest Diamond, and the original version of the iFi Gemini.
As I have been upgrading my system a lot in the last year, every step comes with trades and benefits, my system has turned out to become more revealing each time, some hardware results very well other not that so. The iPurifier 3 made no degradation and gave me a more beneficial effect with the iDSD Black Label.
I have to give my regards to iFi as each itineration of their product line, has been really an upgrade from the last, the iPurifier 3 deserves a very good listen.
That was the storm that had Link and Frank staying close to me. It was a fast moving thunder storm, with lightening, thunder, rain, hail , 60 mph winds with gust to 85 mph (and it spawned a tornado). The entire storm lasted 20 minutes - a micro burst - and then when it passed over the peninsula it headed out to the Atlantic.
This damage is amazing to me and the first time I have ever seem it. If you look to the right of the high power line structure you will notice three slack cables. The lines snapped in the wind, across the James River (4.3 miles wide at this point). Some of the cables land across the James River Bridge. This is the view from Huntington Beach in Newport News, Virginia.
Climbing with an A340-300 is a very slow story, so there's enough time for some sightseeing (Lan-Chile bound to Santiago-de-Chile via Madrid).
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The system evolves and some thing really change with cables, I needed a power cable for my new das and the tornado results perfectly with the ifi iDSD Pro.
Also brought a new audioquest diamond usb cable, it impressive the quantity of information this cable can extract from any recording, some cables can offer a lot of detail but not so perceptible as the diamond, it separates all the sounds with clarity, the diamond shows every single detail and texture on the music in a way the is not intrusive, after installing the audio quest diamond and put some tracks in Roon and Audirvana I was really admired but the clarity of the information of some track I liked and listened many times.
The bigger downside for me is that does not have a powerful bass, bas instead has a beautiful controlled one, the soundstage is another point where the Damond shines, it’s big very defined and tonal.
For example playing an old album of Mike Oldfield Tubular Bells 3 the first track of the album The Source of Secrets, the diamond shows in a perfect way the bass moving from one side to another in the beginning of the track.
The Audioquest Tornado and Diamond are very expensive cables, at this prices you begin to question the price benefit of the investment very seriously, but for me they justified the benefits for the price, If you have the money and looking for something similar these two should be on your list.
I thank Esotérico esoterico.pt to let be listen before I buy in my system.
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The Atlona 10ft DVI to HDMI (Bi-Directional) cable is designed to interconnect your DVI and HDMI devices and displays such as Mac and PC computers, Computer monitors, DVD players, Apple TV, Video Projectors and many others. The DVI to HDMI cable is constructed out of top-quality materials to allow the highest Computer and HDTV resolutions and quality to be maintained.The HDMI connector on this cable features the ability to swivel 180-degrees to allow proper connection to be made without bending the actual cable which may result lower quality signal transfer.
All you need to do is click on the Custom Cables link above or click here, and you are on your way to ordering any 3-RCA Component Custom Cable you may need.
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* HDMI Type A Male to HDMI Type A Male 19 Pin Cable
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* Category 2 Certified
* HDCP Compliant
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This is An Clochán Liath or Dungloe as it's more commonly known, a small town in west Donegal. Famous in the past for the Mary From Dungloe festival. It's the main town for the parishes or Na Rossa and Gaoth Dobhair. The familiar porch of Sweeney's Hotel, a well known institution in the town can be seen in the distance on the left. Unfortunately, it is now closed.
How to start, the ifi iUSB made a clear diference in the sound of the micro iDSD, then it came the ifi Gemini USB and made an improvement that is noticeable, USB cables make diference in sound, they are not cheap but they make diferences in the sound presentation, bass extension, soundstage.
The focal are very sensitive to changes in the audio chain, and they are getting better and better with each change my computer system receives.
I started plugging some power cables, I had some NRG3, and NRG5 from Audioquest, also Acoustic Arts Ferrite I and Ferrite II, Vovox Textura Power Cables and some other brands from old systems, power cables made amazing diferences on the focal and Mac Pro, the diferences are not subtile as changing a DAC, they where huge and why not trying something better in this regard.
So I called Esotérico and asked the possibility to have a listen to the new Thunder Power Cable from Audioquest, you can buy a top of the line phone or an entry computer for the price of one of this cables, but I wanted to listen what the benefits they could give to my system.
Kindly Mr. Alberto from Esotérico sent me 3 Audioquest Thunder Cables and a Audioquest Niagara 1000 and after listening to the changes I will try to describe I have purchased all the items that was sent to me.
First I connected 2 thunder cables to the Focal Speakers, I was using one pair of Vovox textura on the speakers and comparing to the Vovox textura, the first thing it came to my mind was “the textura is no match for this”.
The textura are detailed cables in the highs and with interesting presentation of all frequencies in this spectrum, but sometimes if not correctly matched they are a little too much in the highs and low on bass, with the Audioquest Thunder the sound was upgraded in all aspects of the Vovox textura but… The imagem grows a lot, buss is very present and articulatd, focus, detail, presence of voices are amazing, the texture of the sounds are incredible, it’s an amazing change and easy perceptible in this context of my computer audio system, I couldn’t believe the changes in the sound, so I listened to music 6 days only with this change of the speaker cables in the Focal Solo 6BE.
Then the Audioquest Niagara and third Audioquest Thunder Cable entered in the system, the sound my computer was more than I expected with the change in the speakers, for some years and I was using a Supra Power strip MD06 to connect my small ifi audio devices, computer and speakers, when the Audioquest Niagara was connected and started playing the first music in audirvana it made one incredible thing that is very easy to notice, with the Niagara in place of the supra power strip it cleaned the sound in a to an extreme that when compared to the supra is like very dense curtain was removed from the front of my speakers, the texture and layering of the music was upgraded a lot in in front of my ears, the separation and dimension of the presentation was up a few points, this type of upgrades on an audio system are the ones that we feel the investment justifies as the change is very perceptible, there are upgrades sometimes made that makes little diference, the sense of transparency detail, focus and added resolution is nothing I want to live without anymore, these Audioquest products deserve a serious listening to any user interested in reducing noise from mains power entering your sound, believe me you will notice the effect.
The third Audioquest Thunder was connected to the Mac Pro, the effect on the Mac Pro is also very noticeable but not on pair to the dramatic changes that the focal presented me, but elevates the same aspects of the sound to a higher level giving more of the juice, global integration of the same aspects but at a lesser scale, maybe is too much of a good thing, but for me it justified the purchase of the four items.
I am really amazed also with the ifi iDSD micro Black, the quantity of information and detail this little baby can extract from hi-res audio is really impressive, today you can archive great performances in digital audio with moderate investment that 10 to 15 years ago would cost a little fortune.
I want to thank Esotérico and special Mr. Alberto for giving me the opportunity to listen before buying.
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This is another one of the landlord's long-term (i.e. never finished) projects: project fence. He poured the foundation for the fence posts, fixed everything with wood and bar clamps - and was done.
After years, the rusty bar clamps fell off, and the wood is rotting. A fence was never attached. What you can see here is an interim solution the neighbors put there.
The white thing that is hanging around here is actually a power cable. It was meant for a lamp, but the lamp never happened. Instead - after weeks of problems with power and blowing out fuses - we found out that it was a live wire! Now at least that is fixed, but of course there's still no lamp (which would have been the easiest way to fix it, btw - and a better looking at that.).
(Das ist ein weiteres Langzeit-(d.h. nie vollendetes)Projekt des Vermieters: Projekt Zaun. Er hat ein Fundament für die Zaunpfosten gegossen, alles mit Holz und Schraubzwingen befestigt - und war fertig.
Nach Jahren sind die rostigen Schraubzwingen dann abgefallen, und das Holz modert vor sich hin. Ein Zaun ist nie daran befestigt worden. Was man hier sieht ist ein Provisorium, das die Nachbarn irgendwann einmal genervt angebracht haben.
Das weiße Ding, das hier auch noch herumhängt, ist wirklich ein Stromkabel. Es war eigentlich für eine Lampe gedacht, aber die Lampe ist ebenfalls nie passiert. Stattdessen fanden wir nach Wochen mit Stromproblemen und herausfliegenden Sicherungen heraus, daß das Kabel unter Strom stand! Zumindest das wurde dann repariert, aber eine Lampe wurde natürlich immer noch nicht angebracht (obwohl das der einfachste Weg gewesen wäre, dieses Kabel zu 'entschärfen' - und der schönere noch dazu).
These buildings used to be something to do with the underground press of the Central Committee of the CPC, but that's all I understood from the sign. This was taken at Chinese New Year, hence the paper-cuts in the windows.
(If the name of the road sounds familiar, it may be because it's named after Tangshan, the city devastated by an earthquake in 1976. The earthquake killed 240,000 people in Tangshan and nearly 24,000 in Tianjin.)
Power Cables.
I have many power cables from past living room systems, old audioquest NRG3, NRG5, Acoustic Arts ferrite I and II, Vovox textura Power to mention a few.
This new Audioquest storm series range of cables compared to the others in my systems really make things shine a lot more, and I mean a lot more, they are not affordable, but for me they make very noticeable positive diferences, the diferences are so big that my account suffers every time one of them enters in my audio system and play some music, welcome upgrades that sometimes are bigger than changing most of the hardware.
Every power cable I have changed in my desktop system made a big diference, even the Apple Mac Pro made very big changes in the sound when the original supplied cable was exchanged by an Audioquest Thunder, it’s not a subtile change.
The hurricane is one of the best I have ever heard and one of the most expensive I have ever listened to, the only downside in a few weeks is not if it is good enough, but if I can live without the Hurricane in my system anymore.
I give my special thank’s to Esotérico to landing me the Hurricane to listen before acquisition, you can check their site in esoterico.pt
Spotted these three 'aliens' 'walking' towards us on the way to Kualalumpur from the international airport
I became addict of the iPurifier when it fist brought it to my first edition iFi Micro iDSD, at the time I was discovering the iFi Products, and the iPurifier was an interesting product then in price and quality.
The original changed the sound signature of my system in a positive way, giving me more information and after that I brought the original Micro iUSB, but with the micro iUSB I also purchased the iPurifier 2, and they work paired giving me a lot or more information and dynamics, better sense of dimension with the harman kardon GLA-55, the effect was present in texture, better highs and lows, better small dynamic perception.
This small changes that sometimes when reading could be interpreted as big and that your system changes completely, but they are not in the magnitude of the words, but the words used are a good guide to focus a user in the perceptible changes in an easy to better evaluate the perceived benefits , for me in the way they work are in a magnitude way bigger than the 100 euros could give.
But this review is not about the iPurifier 2, instead the new iPurifier 3.
The iPurifier 3 is a USB gadget that reclocks, regenerates and has a rebalance tech, it incorporates a active noise cancelation technology that works impressively, a revised and upgraded version of the last itineration of their iPurifier 2 I also own, as always the unbox experience of the package from iFi products is very special.
The little package comes with a lot of extras and no one will indifferent of the construction quality of the iPurifier 3, it’s a rewarding hardware tech marvel.
Ifi upgraded all the internals resulting in a little bigger piece of hardware, there are new OS-CON capacitors, a new version of the noise canceling technology named “Active Noise Cancellation2® (ANC2)” and all the internals are better quality.
What about the iPurifier 3 in sound when compared to the 2.
The iPurifier 2 was a great product and it made an very good sonic upgrade, the iPurifier 3 feels a lot more refined, it has most the benefits form the iPurifier 3, but is more transparent, musical and natural, when connected to the system it does not have a defined personality, to explain I will try to explain the effect of the iPurifier 3 and the original iUSB, it added bass and highs noticeably, and when I connected to some of my higher quality and recent components like the iFi Pro iDSD version 2 gave a small veil in the sound. Notice that the iFi Pro iDSD does not need an iPurifier 2.
Anyway I tried the iPurifier 3 in my iFi iDSD pro to see if the same issue was present, and it was not, it simply cleaned the sound without any added issue, so this was an interesting test, the product has no degradation effect on the cables.
After that, as I brought it to the micro iDSD Black Label for my son I, removing the iPurifier 2 and connecting the iPurifier 3, it does give a more realistic and neutral musical presentation, also it really cleans more as some little sound are more perceptible like if o had sharpness to little details that where there but not so audible, the high frequencies are substantial more natural and less “irritating”, the lows are also more perceptible, and example is the Album Tubular Bells 3 from Mike Oldfield, the first track in the beginning has a bass that goes from left to right and right to left and that perception with the iPurifier 3 is a lot more defined and engages you more on the music track.
Also, the sound stage has benefits, as you gain small details and separation, you also gain in density of information, focus on all the dimensions of the soundstage and a global better enjoyment of your music.
Reading all the above and buying the iPurifier 3 is a no brainer if you have a system transparent enough that could show changes in the whole, I used the iFi new Gemini 3.0 Cable and also an Audioquest Diamond, and the original version of the iFi Gemini.
As I have been upgrading my system a lot in the last year, every step comes with trades and benefits, my system has turned out to become more revealing each time, some hardware results very well other not that so. The iPurifier 3 made no degradation and gave me a more beneficial effect with the iDSD Black Label.
I have to give my regards to iFi as each itineration of their product line, has been really an upgrade from the last, the iPurifier 3 deserves a very good listen.
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I became addict of the iPurifier when it fist brought it to my first edition iFi Micro iDSD, at the time I was discovering the iFi Products, and the iPurifier was an interesting product then in price and quality.
The original changed the sound signature of my system in a positive way, giving me more information and after that I brought the original Micro iUSB, but with the micro iUSB I also purchased the iPurifier 2, and they work paired giving me a lot or more information and dynamics, better sense of dimension with the harman kardon GLA-55, the effect was present in texture, better highs and lows, better small dynamic perception.
This small changes that sometimes when reading could be interpreted as big and that your system changes completely, but they are not in the magnitude of the words, but the words used are a good guide to focus a user in the perceptible changes in an easy to better evaluate the perceived benefits , for me in the way they work are in a magnitude way bigger than the 100 euros could give.
But this review is not about the iPurifier 2, instead the new iPurifier 3.
The iPurifier 3 is a USB gadget that reclocks, regenerates and has a rebalance tech, it incorporates a active noise cancelation technology that works impressively, a revised and upgraded version of the last itineration of their iPurifier 2 I also own, as always the unbox experience of the package from iFi products is very special.
The little package comes with a lot of extras and no one will indifferent of the construction quality of the iPurifier 3, it’s a rewarding hardware tech marvel.
Ifi upgraded all the internals resulting in a little bigger piece of hardware, there are new OS-CON capacitors, a new version of the noise canceling technology named “Active Noise Cancellation2® (ANC2)” and all the internals are better quality.
What about the iPurifier 3 in sound when compared to the 2.
The iPurifier 2 was a great product and it made an very good sonic upgrade, the iPurifier 3 feels a lot more refined, it has most the benefits form the iPurifier 3, but is more transparent, musical and natural, when connected to the system it does not have a defined personality, to explain I will try to explain the effect of the iPurifier 3 and the original iUSB, it added bass and highs noticeably, and when I connected to some of my higher quality and recent components like the iFi Pro iDSD version 2 gave a small veil in the sound. Notice that the iFi Pro iDSD does not need an iPurifier 2.
Anyway I tried the iPurifier 3 in my iFi iDSD pro to see if the same issue was present, and it was not, it simply cleaned the sound without any added issue, so this was an interesting test, the product has no degradation effect on the cables.
After that, as I brought it to the micro iDSD Black Label for my son I, removing the iPurifier 2 and connecting the iPurifier 3, it does give a more realistic and neutral musical presentation, also it really cleans more as some little sound are more perceptible like if o had sharpness to little details that where there but not so audible, the high frequencies are substantial more natural and less “irritating”, the lows are also more perceptible, and example is the Album Tubular Bells 3 from Mike Oldfield, the first track in the beginning has a bass that goes from left to right and right to left and that perception with the iPurifier 3 is a lot more defined and engages you more on the music track.
Also, the sound stage has benefits, as you gain small details and separation, you also gain in density of information, focus on all the dimensions of the soundstage and a global better enjoyment of your music.
Reading all the above and buying the iPurifier 3 is a no brainer if you have a system transparent enough that could show changes in the whole, I used the iFi new Gemini 3.0 Cable and also an Audioquest Diamond, and the original version of the iFi Gemini.
As I have been upgrading my system a lot in the last year, every step comes with trades and benefits, my system has turned out to become more revealing each time, some hardware results very well other not that so. The iPurifier 3 made no degradation and gave me a more beneficial effect with the iDSD Black Label.
I have to give my regards to iFi as each itineration of their product line, has been really an upgrade from the last, the iPurifier 3 deserves a very good listen.
How to start, the ifi iUSB made a clear diference in the sound of the micro iDSD, then it came the ifi Gemini USB and made an improvement that is noticeable, USB cables make diference in sound, they are not cheap but they make diferences in the sound presentation, bass extension, soundstage.
The focal are very sensitive to changes in the audio chain, and they are getting better and better with each change my computer system receives.
I started plugging some power cables, I had some NRG3, and NRG5 from Audioquest, also Acoustic Arts Ferrite I and Ferrite II, Vovox Textura Power Cables and some other brands from old systems, power cables made amazing diferences on the focal and Mac Pro, the diferences are not subtile as changing a DAC, they where huge and why not trying something better in this regard.
So I called Esotérico and asked the possibility to have a listen to the new Thunder Power Cable from Audioquest, you can buy a top of the line phone or an entry computer for the price of one of this cables, but I wanted to listen what the benefits they could give to my system.
Kindly Mr. Alberto from Esotérico sent me 3 Audioquest Thunder Cables and a Audioquest Niagara 1000 and after listening to the changes I will try to describe I have purchased all the items that was sent to me.
First I connected 2 thunder cables to the Focal Speakers, I was using one pair of Vovox textura on the speakers and comparing to the Vovox textura, the first thing it came to my mind was “the textura is no match for this”.
The textura are detailed cables in the highs and with interesting presentation of all frequencies in this spectrum, but sometimes if not correctly matched they are a little too much in the highs and low on bass, with the Audioquest Thunder the sound was upgraded in all aspects of the Vovox textura but… The imagem grows a lot, buss is very present and articulatd, focus, detail, presence of voices are amazing, the texture of the sounds are incredible, it’s an amazing change and easy perceptible in this context of my computer audio system, I couldn’t believe the changes in the sound, so I listened to music 6 days only with this change of the speaker cables in the Focal Solo 6BE.
Then the Audioquest Niagara and third Audioquest Thunder Cable entered in the system, the sound my computer was more than I expected with the change in the speakers, for some years and I was using a Supra Power strip MD06 to connect my small ifi audio devices, computer and speakers, when the Audioquest Niagara was connected and started playing the first music in audirvana it made one incredible thing that is very easy to notice, with the Niagara in place of the supra power strip it cleaned the sound in a to an extreme that when compared to the supra is like very dense curtain was removed from the front of my speakers, the texture and layering of the music was upgraded a lot in in front of my ears, the separation and dimension of the presentation was up a few points, this type of upgrades on an audio system are the ones that we feel the investment justifies as the change is very perceptible, there are upgrades sometimes made that makes little diference, the sense of transparency detail, focus and added resolution is nothing I want to live without anymore, these Audioquest products deserve a serious listening to any user interested in reducing noise from mains power entering your sound, believe me you will notice the effect.
The third Audioquest Thunder was connected to the Mac Pro, the effect on the Mac Pro is also very noticeable but not on pair to the dramatic changes that the focal presented me, but elevates the same aspects of the sound to a higher level giving more of the juice, global integration of the same aspects but at a lesser scale, maybe is too much of a good thing, but for me it justified the purchase of the four items.
I am really amazed also with the ifi iDSD micro Black, the quantity of information and detail this little baby can extract from hi-res audio is really impressive, today you can archive great performances in digital audio with moderate investment that 10 to 15 years ago would cost a little fortune.
I want to thank Esotérico and special Mr. Alberto for giving me the opportunity to listen before buying.
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I became addict of the iPurifier when it fist brought it to my first edition iFi Micro iDSD, at the time I was discovering the iFi Products, and the iPurifier was an interesting product then in price and quality.
The original changed the sound signature of my system in a positive way, giving me more information and after that I brought the original Micro iUSB, but with the micro iUSB I also purchased the iPurifier 2, and they work paired giving me a lot or more information and dynamics, better sense of dimension with the harman kardon GLA-55, the effect was present in texture, better highs and lows, better small dynamic perception.
This small changes that sometimes when reading could be interpreted as big and that your system changes completely, but they are not in the magnitude of the words, but the words used are a good guide to focus a user in the perceptible changes in an easy to better evaluate the perceived benefits , for me in the way they work are in a magnitude way bigger than the 100 euros could give.
But this review is not about the iPurifier 2, instead the new iPurifier 3.
The iPurifier 3 is a USB gadget that reclocks, regenerates and has a rebalance tech, it incorporates a active noise cancelation technology that works impressively, a revised and upgraded version of the last itineration of their iPurifier 2 I also own, as always the unbox experience of the package from iFi products is very special.
The little package comes with a lot of extras and no one will indifferent of the construction quality of the iPurifier 3, it’s a rewarding hardware tech marvel.
Ifi upgraded all the internals resulting in a little bigger piece of hardware, there are new OS-CON capacitors, a new version of the noise canceling technology named “Active Noise Cancellation2® (ANC2)” and all the internals are better quality.
What about the iPurifier 3 in sound when compared to the 2.
The iPurifier 2 was a great product and it made an very good sonic upgrade, the iPurifier 3 feels a lot more refined, it has most the benefits form the iPurifier 3, but is more transparent, musical and natural, when connected to the system it does not have a defined personality, to explain I will try to explain the effect of the iPurifier 3 and the original iUSB, it added bass and highs noticeably, and when I connected to some of my higher quality and recent components like the iFi Pro iDSD version 2 gave a small veil in the sound. Notice that the iFi Pro iDSD does not need an iPurifier 2.
Anyway I tried the iPurifier 3 in my iFi iDSD pro to see if the same issue was present, and it was not, it simply cleaned the sound without any added issue, so this was an interesting test, the product has no degradation effect on the cables.
After that, as I brought it to the micro iDSD Black Label for my son I, removing the iPurifier 2 and connecting the iPurifier 3, it does give a more realistic and neutral musical presentation, also it really cleans more as some little sound are more perceptible like if o had sharpness to little details that where there but not so audible, the high frequencies are substantial more natural and less “irritating”, the lows are also more perceptible, and example is the Album Tubular Bells 3 from Mike Oldfield, the first track in the beginning has a bass that goes from left to right and right to left and that perception with the iPurifier 3 is a lot more defined and engages you more on the music track.
Also, the sound stage has benefits, as you gain small details and separation, you also gain in density of information, focus on all the dimensions of the soundstage and a global better enjoyment of your music.
Reading all the above and buying the iPurifier 3 is a no brainer if you have a system transparent enough that could show changes in the whole, I used the iFi new Gemini 3.0 Cable and also an Audioquest Diamond, and the original version of the iFi Gemini.
As I have been upgrading my system a lot in the last year, every step comes with trades and benefits, my system has turned out to become more revealing each time, some hardware results very well other not that so. The iPurifier 3 made no degradation and gave me a more beneficial effect with the iDSD Black Label.
I have to give my regards to iFi as each itineration of their product line, has been really an upgrade from the last, the iPurifier 3 deserves a very good listen.
The fourth photo in my ongoing project called "A Study in Minimalism."
I have a big week ahead of me. I'm going to be starting a commissioned photo shoot and I'll be moving to a new apartment nearby. Hopefully I'll see you on the other side.
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the power supply cables are hanging low everywhere in bangkok. apart from looking messy, i am not sure how safe this is either... in case of a fire, i mean.
out of the 4 days i was in bangkok, this was only the day i saw blue skies, which was such a change from the grey skies i saw earlier, not due to rain mind you. but most probably due to the air pollution bangkok is notorious for.
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This is a generalisation of course but i found it hard getting photos in crowded scenes in west africa because a large percentage of the population really didn't like it. To the point of getting shouts and on one occasion having stuff thrown at me. Also if successful they're pretty keen on asking for money and paying for a photo is something i don't like doing. Was pretty considerate (and scared!) for the most part but if i saw a secluded vantage point like this then i wasn't going to pass it up!
I remember thinking about investing in a dslr before this trip but figured i wouldn't have enough time to learn before leaving. and after this trip i was pretty convinced i'de need a tele lens!
editing may not be the best in terms of detail but felt like playing with the light to add a bit of atmosphere.
A typical Hutong in Old Beijing.
Hutongs (simplified Chinese: 胡同; traditional Chinese: 衚衕; pinyin: hútòng) are a type of narrow streets or alleys, most commonly associated with Beijing, China. In Beijing, hutongs are alleys formed by lines of siheyuan, traditional courtyard residences. Many neighbourhoods were formed by joining one siheyuan to another to form a hutong, and then joining one hutong to another. The word hutong is also used to refer to such neighbourhoods.
Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hutong)