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Anybody use Running Springs Audio Conditioners?

Do any of you GON members use in your home rig the power conditioner(s) that is manufactured by Running Springs Audio?

There has been a few excellent reviews on these power conditioners, but I take reviews with a large, "grain of salt" and trust much more what fellow audiophiles experience/hear when finding about new pieces of gear.

If, any of you have their product in your system, I would greatly appreciate if you would share your opinion regarding their performance and what gear is in your system so I can gain if their is more synergy with tubes vs. solid state.

I'm thinking of setting up a home audition, the only way to really know if you like something in your system, but thought if anybody has tried the Running Springs Audio gear they could give me a heads-up before I make final arrangements. Thanks to anybody who can provide information and is willing to share.
teajay
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kmccarty
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I tried them and bought them. They are terrific and easily the most cost effective upgrade I have ever made. I tried the Tara (excellent but compressed dynamics in my system) and Monster Cable (these degraded pretty much everything in my system). Improvements with RSA are dynamics, less grain, better three dimensionality, and overall more lifelike. I use a 20 amp conditioner for the power amp and another for pre, dac, and source components. Be sure to give them plenty of break in time, or they can produce a "tubby" midbass before full break in - at least in my system and in another system similar to mine.
ozy
122 posts
 
i'll second ken's findings....

i tried the "jacko" a couple of weeks ago , on a whim , and never looked back. the sound just opened up, with even greater details and resulotion then i had before.
incidently , my faroudja plasma's settings needed to be adjusted, as the picture became brighter and alot more vivid.
i ended up ordering a second "jacko" ,for the ht side of my system, and awaiting a pair of "dukes" for my mbl amps.

they are clearly one of the better plc out there, inho.
teajay OP
1,333 posts
 
Thanks Guy's for your feedback/posts, I'm getting a Jaco delivered tomorrow morning for a ten day audition period. I'm excited to hear what it will do in my system.

I'll let you all know what I discovered either with more on this thread or a formal review later on, if its a keeper.

Thanks again, for the information you provided.
clio09
2,978 posts
 
I have the Haley and agree with the others who have posted their experience with the RSA line (non-balanaced power). I have a Cardas Golden pc with the Haley, but will probably upgrade to the RSA/Cardas Mongoose. I'm also tempted to get a Duke for my amp. The new Duke 2 model is supposedly very good. Believe it or not, I'm using a variac from the wall, then to a PS Audio HC/UO, then my amp. Even though the amp is solid state, the variac stabilizes the voltage at 120V. I have noticed a difference here in power challenged SoCal. I'm wondering what the Duke might do that would allow me to consolidate this a bit.
kmiller5
86 posts
 
How much difference does the Mongoose cord make over the stock cord?
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