MAINS & POWER

The electrical power from the mains essentially is the Hifi system. It is the entire medium of the final sound that we hear. It is also subject to lots of noise, errant frequencies and instability so purifying it and reducing it’s inherent distortion is fundamental to a good system. This even starts before the hifi of course in the wall sockets, the feed to those sockets and the supply consumer unit of the mains itself and we can fully advise on how to optimise this area too.

Like analogue cables, mains cables and good mains cleaning is another area of the system often gets ignored in the UK and but consider that one noisy component in a system will always contribute noise no matter how good the rest of the system. A couple of poor mains cables into amps and sources is enough to completely spoil the correct tone of instruments for example. All of our electronics are of such a high standard they they really do deserve a good mains cable and will respond in kind when thus furnished.

Mains cables follow the same principles as signal cabling. Our power cords do not warm or smooth out the sound or give a false sense of extra detail or aggression; they simply add more refinement, more space, depth, composure, transparency and dynamic range. They lower noise across the board. They get you closer to the true sound, the correct tonality of instruments and hence closer to your artists and all of their expression.

Our power cables come from Tara Labs, Shunyata and Tidal. Tidal mains has a particular voicing which perfectly suits Tidal electronics, we have not tried anything else which mates better. Shunyata mains is a large enveloping sound, generous in soundstage with a few well judged percentage points of warmth and dynamic razamatazz. Tara mains is as you might expect, utterly balanced, even-handed and invisible, not to mention incredibly transparent revealing so much more of the original source signal.

The addition of a Shunyata power conditioner is also one of our most popular and powerful upgrades. Because every single unit plugged into it receives a sonic improvent, the net system-wide effect is nearly always dramatic and very pleasing for the customer. I have had several feedback emails over the years stating that a Denali, Everest or Typhon was the biggest upgrade they’ve ever experienced in all their years in the hobby. Expect a very large increase in clarity, purity, dynamic range, weight, texture and soundstaging. A Shunyata conditioner will simplify the music significantly; everything sounds much better organised, calmer and easier to follow and listen to.