Hi Mike, over the last few years, I have experienced the Shunyata V-Ray2, Triton, and a couple of other conditioners from other companies... I found Triton to be an amazing device I much prefered it over any other conditioner I tried, including the admittedly excellent Shunyata V-Ray 2. The audible enhancement of resolution, staging/imaging, and harmonic coherence was that of
a primary component rather than what I expected from a mere conditioner. At the time, it removed the last traces of spurious treble cross-modulation on
complex passages of high strings. Interestingly, it was the only conditioner that I have tried which did not cause my old 500W Rowland M312 to exhibit
signs of macro/micro dynamic depression On the contrary!
I have never used the original Hydra 8... But I conjecture that if I comfortably prefer Triton over V-Ray 2, I would probably prefer V-Ray 2 over the original V-Ray, and this last one over its Hydra 8 predecessor... Shunyata has consistently shown audible enhancements from each product generation to the next over its various product lines.
Guido
