Shunyata Research

[helloworld1978]

I suspect that the demand in UK might not be high when it comes to spending upwards of a £1000 on a power cord. I have been doing my own A/B testing with power cords with my D200 and the best sounding power cord is the one that came in the box. I found that with Devialet the worst performers are the thick copper screened cables (Isotek). Somewhat better are the silver plated cables. I fitted a Furutech Fi-15(cu) on the Isotek premium cable hoping for an improvement but it was absolutely awful (veiled, lacking dynamics, and bloated bass). The TCI silver plated cables solved the first two problems but still suffered from bloated bass. Finally tried the black original cord and that fixed everything. I have been thinking about taking off the molded IEC on the original cable and replace it with a Furutech but will think about it. The point I want to make is that we really do need some A/B testing with Devialet. I think with the Devialet it's really important to match it with a proper cable. Something that would work for a big class A amp would not be necessarily suitable for Devialet. I do think that Shunyata has recognised this hence added a Digital prefix to their Devialet cable. As for me I am considering a power plant that costs around £1200, a better investment than spending the same on a power cord (in my opinion).