Corelli - really????

Very interesting comments and our testing on the Corelli has come up with the exact same conclusion as several of the other people on this forum. After testing over 60 different conditioning systems I prefer my Akiko Corelli over any of the other conditioners I have tested. I believe that the system starts from the wall receptacle out or if you go one step further, your panel out. I now use a quality passive strip plugged into an upgraded receptacle with a very good power cord from the receptacle to the power strip. Then I like my Akiko Corelli plugged directly into the first outlet of my passive strip.

 

We are the North American distributor for Akiko and we did extensive testing before taking on the Akiko audio line. I have not heard many products over the past 40 years of listening that can produce improvements throughout your whole system like the Akiko Corelli does.

 

Cheers, Worldwide Wholesales

Hi louisl,

Personally I have tried a few passive strips and I really like the Furutech e-TP609NFC ($1500) and the Verastarr ($3000). For less money there is the Furutech e-TP66 ($500). We do not distribute or sell these products but I have personally had very good results with all these passive strips in my reference system. I have also tried a few other passive strips that cost much more and with my 99db speakers I did not hear the benefits.

Where I could hear a difference was when I used a quality power cord from the passive strip to my upgraded wall receptacle. The other thing I noticed with the Corelli is as you eliminate all other types of conditioning and just use a quality passive strip and a Corelli, the sound was just more live and natural sounding. We tested the Corelli in 3 very high end systems and the results were the same in every system.

Cheers,

Hi ebm,

We were the Canadian distributors for Audience and yes they do make good conditioners but all units we tested were capacitance based and not passive. I tried to find your Audience conditioner and could not find that model on the Audience website. If your Audience unit is totally passive than just plug the Corelli into the Audience piece but if it has capacitors, especially Teflon than go directly to the receptacle that your Audience piece is plugged into on the wall.

Best results are achieved with a simple, quality power strip. Plug all electronic components into the power strip and plug the Corelli into the same power strip. I have my Corelli plugged into the first receptacle on my power strip that is closest to the outlet of my power strip.

Hi ebm,

There is a very high end turntable company that is located in Memphis TN that has bought several of the Corelli and phono boosters Perhaps you could contact them for a reference.

Merrill Williams Audio LLC

1722 Chelsea Ave.

Memphis, TN 38108

Robert Williams

Telephone 901 237 1654

We have literally sold 100's of the Phono Booster and the Akiko Corelli's but we can not just give out end users email address without their permission..

Depending on where you are located, The Cable Company and Jaguar Audio both carry Akiko products in the US.

As I said previously, I think Audience makes very good conditioners but I do prefer a total passive strip versus Teflon caps with the Corelli. Although both locations would benefit a Corelli, your front end would be the best location, preamp, CD player and turntable location.

Hi,

In response to your question Ozzy, the Corelli works best off a good passive strip with everything plugged into that passive strip and the Corelli plugged into the first outlet of the passive strip. But when this is not possible then use the Corelli with your front end and it will still affect all your dedicated lines. We have literally sold 100's of the Corelli and I have only seen 2 on the used market in the last year. The technology is very different but the most effective conditioning result we have heard and we have tested over 60 different conditioners. All the conditioning systems we tested from $24000 down had positive effects and negative effects but the Corelli only did positive things. I run one personally in my reference system and if you email me I will send you pics of my reference system.

email; info@worldwidewholesales.com

It is one of those things you put in your system and cannot take out and yes I know that sounds like sales.

Cheers,

Hi sbayne,

If you contact me at this email address, I would be happy to send you pics of my system; info@worldwidewholesales.com

I tried my Corelli in several different locations and I very much prefer my Corelli on my rack with my other equipment. We also experimented with many different power cords and we found the power cord had a huge effect on the Corelli. This has been very consistent with many of my friends that own a Corelli. I can't speak for all my clients and stores as I do not actually know what end users are doing with their Corelli. It would be interesting to get other people's opinions on placement and power cord preference with their Corelli.

In regard to the front end. If you don't have your front end right than it does not matter what you do further down the chain so I always start at the front end. We have found just plugging the Corelli in and having it in the same room as your system, helps bring a system to life and once you unplug it and take the Corelli to another room, the system loses some energy. Not sure exactly how it works but I will never take my Corelli out of my system.

 

Cheers,