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post #31 of 36
3/14/09 at 9:43pm
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Originally Posted by ZephyrSapphire View Post
You definitely misunderstood. My question was like.

It's shielding.
Let's say you get 8% of RFI and EMI.
Add ERS.
Reduces RFI and EMI to 0%.
My question is;
How would that be "improving" if it's just shielding and getting the 0%, which is what it already should have been to begin with?

Seriously, the word "improve" has been highly abused, shielding should not be "improving" the quality. It should just be "reducing the interference and returning the quality back to what it originally was".

In another anatomy, it's like some third party software which reduces the "loudness" in digital music files. Oh how I wish that software was real.
"analogy"

and now I understand your point, "reduce the degredation quality", it makes sense upon reading your explanation, and I agree with that

in terms of "improving" the quality, if you went from 8% to 0%, wouldn't that be an improvement in quality? (in the sense that less interference means a more true signal, hence improved sound?? )
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post #32 of 36
3/21/09 at 1:13am
I say Patrick should send us the wires to try, just like the headphone loaner program, he can have the wire loaner program. Then we can all have the experiance to give our opinions on his wires and ers paper etc.
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post #33 of 36
3/21/09 at 10:35am
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Originally Posted by Drag0n View Post
I say Patrick should send us the wires to try, just like the headphone loaner program, he can have the wire loaner program. Then we can all have the experiance to give our opinions on his wires and ers paper etc.
I have already done it with my Valkyrja test drive 3 years ago but it was "lost in shipping" after the 2nd person, the test drive would have continued many years and I would have had a lottery in the end, so it doesn't really matter I lost it. A few other Nordost cables are lost somewhere too but nothing that expensive. I will not do a test drive with my K1000 Valhalla because I have only one pair.

I have sent my Genesis XLR to a dealer and he demonstrated it to many people (it didn't have ERS Paper), but they didn't like it.
I have found/felt that there is electricity running through the brass clamps of Genesis, you can see the shield through the black wrapping, when the brass clamp is tightened it touches the shield. Judge power cable doesn't have this problem. See picture:

Genesis on top (see little holes in black wrap), Judge on bottom.
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post #34 of 36
3/31/09 at 9:00am
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Genesis = CRAZY BASS!!!

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Originally Posted by Patrick82 View Post

Can anyone confirm my findings?
I removed the Genesis from the path and everything got quiet, bright, edgy and sibilant, it was very fatiguing. There was a little more surface clarity but I was surprised that there wasn't more low-level detail. It was worse overall.

I have 2meters Valhalla which is wrapped with ERS Paper except 60cm at the driver side. I wrapped the remaining 60cm with foam tubes and ERS Paper and the difference was like day and night, the sibilance was removed completely. However, the improvement in low-level detail wasn't as big as I expected, compared to Genesis it sounded thin and empty but still very smooth and warm because of the ERS Paper.

I added Genesis into the path and got CRAZY bass!!! Everything sounded bigger and louder. Low-level detail was equal or better. It appears that adding the Genesis cable into the path amplifies the signal somehow.

I'm in love with this bass! There is no other tweak or component which changes the sound like this. Genesis power cable boosted up the bass like crazy, Genesis interconnect for headphones did the same. I have not heard any weaknesses, even if there are weaknesses it doesn't matter because it gets better overall. I need to save up for Virtual Dynamics Judge interconnects even if it costs 6 times more than Tara Labs Zero which has been my dream cable since I started this hobby. I could never expect that adding something into the path gives better sound!


EDIT: Ok, I just got a crazy idea. Since Genesis is like an amp, I will try removing amplifier for K1000 and run K1000 directly from RCA outputs while adding Genesis into the path. I will compare amp + Valhalla vs no amp + Genesis.
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post #35 of 36
3/31/09 at 10:09am
You should write a paper on high end IC's on ERS paper, postmodern or wot!
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post #36 of 36
4/1/09 at 3:18pm
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Originally Posted by Patrick82 View Post
I just got a crazy idea. Since Genesis is like an amp, I will try removing amplifier for K1000 and run K1000 directly from RCA outputs while adding Genesis into the path. I will compare amp + Valhalla vs no amp + Genesis.
Ok, I tried it and it didn't work good. Running K1000 from RCA outputs sounded boomy with low-level details missing. But it sounded surprisingly warm.
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