Sean
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I received two Snubways four days ago. The notification email said Mainstreams were coming off the line last Wednesday and will ship soon.
Mixed bag of results so far. My audio system is on a dedicated line. Wall outlet has a Snubway and SDFB plugged into it. SDFB goes to an outlet box with ZP3, CSP2+, and UFO25 plugged in. Nothing else runs on this circuit. Turntable, sub, two LED lamps are on a separate circuit. Since I don't have any offending components plugged into this circuit I was uncertain if I'd see any benefit from Snubway. Curiosity and fear of missing out outweighed the price. There's definitely a change early on, though it seems I'm getting clearer and somewhat brighter highs. Not ear bleed like brighter highs, more open background that allow more info to be heard perhaps. Again, early in the game for me. I plan to do some tests with Snubway in and out of wall outlet and perhaps moving it to the outlet box to see what happens. After some more hours and use and tests I'll update in a week or so.
The 2nd Snubway is on my TV/theater setup. This consists of flat panel Vizio TV, receiver, AppleTV, Fios receiver, Fios DVR, Harmony remote charger. I would say this system is just a middle of the road entertainment system that's "good enough" to be enjoyable. It's on a circuit that also has overhead LED lights, bathroom fan, the turntable, sub, etc. On first power up to AppleTV main screen the picture is MUCH crisper and clearer. This is a screen I've seen thousands of time, so the difference here is very noticeable. Audio quality seems improved where listening volume does not need to be turned up as much to get to a good listening volume. Audio also seems to be less "forced" or "amplified", this could be due to less noise in the chain. Definitely a win so far for this setup. As with the audio rig, I have a few tests I'd like to try once I get some more hours on the Snubway.
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Technics 1210G, Phasemation PP-500, ZMC2, ZP3, CSP2+, UFO25, Tekton Pendragon
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