On Satfrat's recommendation, I contacted Danny and took him up on his demo offer to try a Majik Buss. It was easy to do and Danny was a pleasure to work with. Before I post my impressions of what the Majik Buss did for my system, I'll tell you that I bought it and the Electra Cable power cord. After listening with the Majik Buss in my power distribution system, I wasn't going to let it go.
I plugged the MB into my dedicated circuit using the Electra Cable power cord Danny included. I plugged my ModWright KWA 150 amp into the MB and also plugged my Power Plant Premier regenerator into the MB. My pre amp/phono stage and all source equipment are plugged into the PPP. I put a CD on repeat last night and went to bed.
This morning I turned the volume up on
Van Morrison's Browned-eyed Girl and was amazed at how clear and defined the bass was. There seemed to be more detail throughout the frequency range and the background was very quiet. I looked at the read outs on the PPP and the TDH% was 0.2%. I went into the kitchen to make coffee and fix breakfast and swore I was hearing notes I had not heard before and I have listened to
Brown-eyed Girl a zillion times. The bass run at the beginning was emotionally engaging without any smearing.
After church I listened to
Eric Claptan's Pilgrim CD. The bass slam on
My Father's Eyes was fantastic and the cymbals were clean and defined. I am very familiar with this song--it is one of my reference recordings for speaker placement and auditioning new equipment. It had never sounded cleaner or better.
I was in my kitchen making a home made barbeque sauce and listening to
The Decemberists The Hazards of Love, when I dropped everything I was doing and walked back into my listening room--being drawn in by the music.
The Wanting Comes in Waves was playing and I got lost in the song. Damn, it sounded live. Next, I listened to
Chicago Transit Authority and the piano on
Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is, and the percussion and horns on
Beginnings sounded so real and fresh. There is definitely more clarity and detail which I suspect is because the noise floor has been reduced and the background is quieter.
My initial impressions are that the MB really works to lower your noise floor and reduce the grunge in the electrical power going to the equipment. And it really hasn't had time to fully burn in. Before I bought the PPP, I had a Monster HTS-7000 and it was pretty good, but the PPP is better, especially given the voltage variance in the power coming into my house. The regenerator and the filter in the PPP gives me clean power for the source equipment and the pre amp/phono stage, but the amp performed better plugged directly into the dedicated circuit. There is no question that the Majik Buss has improved the sound coming from the amp. I also heard an improvement in the noise floor when I plugged the PPP into the Majik Buss. My system is producing music from the quietest background I have ever heard (or not heard). And some of you are probably going to tell me it will get better after the unit is fully broken in.
His demo for the shipping cost offer is a great deal. I'm not sure I would have tried it if I would have had to pay for it up front. But now I am glad I have a Majik Buss in my power distribution chain.
Many thanks to Satfrat for recommending the Majik Buss
Laura
