hi leif
are you'll demoing the mb ultra power cords at the exhibition ( did pm albert awhile ago for the same but not reply)....
would definitely like to try ultra pcs in my system.....
I have been the initial user of the ultra loom ICs and spc user for 22/12 plus.....
strange but true....have been using my old vsa signature cords to compare with the ultra loom for the last10/7 days....so that I bring an old thread to completion!
must say the signatures are fantastic ......BUT once you get used to the ultras....THERE IS NO GOING BACK!
what I like most is my 4 single runs of speaker ultra cables per mono block.....just makes music soo palpable and like being there
Sam
The answer to your question is yes.
We'll be running an Ultra PC on each of the VAC power amps at Axpona. The rest of the PC's will be a mix of the Signature and Reference lines.
For several years now, I've run the Signature cables and believe with all my heart and ears that the Signatures are just as good as any of the "Big Brand" most expensive cables. I never ever thought for one second that the sound needed or could be any better than what the Signatures brought to the game UNTIL...
The first Ultra interconnect arrived. It didn't matter where in the chain you put this interconnect. The improvement to the sound had to be at least a 30% increase. I'll tell you that when we added other manufacturers TOP-OF-THE-LINE cables into the chain of interconnects, the sound took on colored and vailed tonality. MasterBuilt told me this was due to the fact that the Ultra's precious alloy is so pure it will reveal a cable with less pure material. After our extensive comparisons, they are correct.
And then the Ultra speaker cables arrived...
OMG!!!!! Now with the Ultra speakers cables in place, anything before them can be heard so clearly that it has been an eye opener how these other cables brands sound. The Ultra cables have destroyed my ability to appreciate systems without it.
And then we get to the Ultra power cords which recently arrived in my reference system...
I simply can't describe just how big of a difference it is over the Signature PC which I believe is just as good if not better than the most expensive PC on the market. Simply put, the Ultra PC destroys the Signature and is in my honest opinion untouchable by any other manufacturer. Once I experienced the full loom (Ultra throughout the entire system) I can never go back even knowing that the Signatures are fantastic.
This is the same experience I had when I first heard the VR-111s. It opened my eye to what was possible having reached a new plateau in performance. This isn't an evolutionary improvement over the Signature, it's a revolutionary increase is resolution and musicality.
