Är det någon på faktiskt.se som provat den? Blindtest kanske?
Allas vår Patrik82 har köpt ett helt gäng och han är lyrisk förstås
Makalös manick tydligen fast Sladd hörde ingen skillnad trots sina guldöron eller tack vare dom kanske
Någon som har en ide om vad prylen egentligen gör???
Patrik82 berättar om sin upplevelse:
Jag förväntade mig att 10 stycken till skulle ge 30% så stor förbättring som den första, men de gav mycket mer! Kanske 11 stycken RGC-24 är för lite... Kanske ett dussin per komponent behövs. Jag kan bara testa för min DAC just nu för att jag vill inte stänga av systemet för att uppvärmingen tar flera veckor. Nästa gång skall jag löda fast dom i förstärkarna.
RGC-24 Ground Conditioner for Benchmark DAC1
From 1 to 4: Smoother and more transparent. Silkier highs but higher quality. Everything sounded a little thinner and leaner than before. I heard deeper into the recording. It was a similar improvement as when changing from Toslink into Nordost Valhalla AES/EBU, but smaller.
From 4 to 8: Smoother and more distinct. There was less whiteness of the transients which made them less emphasized. It sounded a little boring.
From 8 to 4: Whiter high frequency transients. It makes the background behind it appear emptier and blacker because of less low-level detail. I liked the sound of 4 more than 8, but I just needed to get used to the sound of 8...
From 4 to 8: Less whiteness in the highs. Less emphasis of transients. More depth. Everything is more distinct without anything being emphasized.
From 8 to 11: I didn't seem to hear a further improvement, but I didn't switch back and forth because it would have taken too long.
1 vs 11: It sounds very weird. It's both heavier and thinner, sharper and smoother, louder and quieter... I'm not hearing any sound signatures anymore.
* More bass information that is very quiet, but it isn't thin and veiled like from other tweaks, it's thick and detailed. There are more bass transients and they are heavy.
* High frequencies are thinner and they have more information in them.
* More separation and clarity of sandy transients, they aren't veiled and dull anymore.
* The ambient sounds are smoother than before, and the sounds in front are sharper than before.
* Everything is more distinct and none of the sounds appear to blend together anymore, there are multiple ambient sounds which I previously though was only one sound.
* More low-level detail everywhere, more resolution.
* Soundstage is deeper.
* Less boominess and fatigue. More transparency, neutrality and realism.
Conclusion: Connecting 11 RGC-24 into my Benchmark DAC1 made the most positive improvement out of any tweak I have ever done, but it also made the smallest differences.
