If you had only one Eupen where would you put it?

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Hi - following my light participation in the power cord threads my interest was piqued and I received today a Eupen CSA 2.5 cord, 1m, with silver-plated IEC contacts. Where do you think I should put it to best effect, to hear if there is an improvement before changing other cords?

Candidates:
Linn Ikemi CD player - SMPS
Marantz 8400 combi-player - no idea what PS
Linn 5103 preamp - SMPS
One of 4 Linn power amps - all SMPS (2250s and a 5125)

Based on other comments I would have thought not the power amps. Based on waving an AM radio around the general area I would have thought the Marantz.

I also got a Supra cable recently and this is currently on the Marantz. If you feel up to it, maybe you could suggest the best placement of the pair (Supra and Eupen). I will experiment anyway, but things are complicated by the imminent arrival of 3 2250s, however I will pass on my own feedback.

TIA,
SteveC
 
Playing with my Eupen..... I found it worked best on my pre (a Densen B200) rather than my Cd player.

In the end I bought another Eupen so both boxes are now sorted.


If one is an upgrade, think what two will be.....
 
hehehe tones -

I was going to say '' on the kettle ''
or something ruder! hehe

but I chickened it, on fear of being lambasted, 'ung drawn and quartered.


:)

the answers obviously to try it listen and put it on the component where you feel there was a/some/most benefit - going to be different for everyone I feel.
 
well the thread title was carefully designed to accommodate painlessly all varieties of reply ;)

SteveC
 
Oh ha ha Tones!!! Seriously, they are system dependant - they don't always work...

I only have one, and since the NAIT3 has a captive power lead, I was using it on the DAB tuner. Anyway, I tried swapping it onto the Rega CDP (and put the YellO on the tuner) and, well, jury's out, but it has better bass definition now - although the rhythm is a bit different to the YellO - might be a "less grunge = less distortion = less of what I'm used to" situation though....
 
i'm a Blackcurrent man, but i believe decent power leads should be source first, then amps etc
 
I bought one last week and put it on my Micromega Stage 6 and it has made a really positive difference.

I always thought that you needed to get your amp sorted out first, but the effect on the source has brought a smile to my face.
 
I put one on my Copland 277 CDP and whilst there was an improvement in soundstaging and clarity this was at the expense of increased harshness in the top end.
 
A funny old race are Glaswegians
Give sometimes undying allegiance
E.g., well-Mana'd stands
As to others, they're grand
Just for purely perverted expedience.
 
Bugger me, I'm gerbil free; so I tried one on the Densen CDP and it seems to work; also, doesn't seem to screw up PR&T which is extraordinary. And no, I'm not going to graduate to a nest of pythons; my mains road is short, sweet and cheap - maybe Eupens all round and that's it.

Alex

PS They tried hard to sell me a LAT for the CDP but I'm averse to anything with silver in it even if its fused into the copper. Also, I figured it usually makes sense to keep cabling the same through the system.
 

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