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Review: VH Audio Flavor 4 Power cord

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My original goal was to try to purchase 2 cords for my Thor monos. My original choices to consider were Virtual Dynamics,Ridge Street Audio and Silent Source. After window shopping for a bit I realized I couldn't afford 2 cords of the companies mentioned so, my choice was to forget it or try something more affordable to me. My system sounded great but I seem to get this uncontrolable urge evey once in awhile to upgrade,so I decided to investigate more affordable options.
After reading many reviews I decided to try VH Audio.I asked Chris ( owner ) about which "Flavor" would be my best option and he mentioned the Flavor4.
My music listening amounts to mostly piano jazz,female jazz singers and some other various jazz stuff.
Right off the cords aounded very out of sinc and dark.
After aprox. 10 hours things changed big time. Much better detail and very nice mids but still a little dull. At about 30 hours the difference is amaizing.
Depth is incredible.Detail is a better but ,has an uncanny level definition.Every sound is crystal clear and sharply defined with still has great weight and pace.
The words and instuments seem to just float forever. I am currently at about 40 hours and improving all the time. I was told 200-300 hours and it may take me 6 months to get there but wanted to let every one no what a bargian the cords are. I will do a follow up at a latter date when I no for sure they are all broken in....

Associated gear
Kharma 1.0 spkrs- Thor Audio TPA Monos-T1000 linestage-Meridian 508-24 cd-
wires Ridge Street Poeima i/cs and sp.cables

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thorman
listener57
730 posts
 
Great real life experience report. Would either Thorman, or Chris, himself, be able to comment whether an "accelerated" break-in (professional device, or budget gadget hooked to home appliance) can speed the process of reaching full cord potential? Is there a reason this remains primarily an after-market "tweak" rather than remaining under the control of the original manufacturer?
I have had the same experience with realtime break-in, and the "just listen longer" method can take forever. There are a number of Audiogon members who offer to accelerate this process, and it has actually seemed to be near miraculous what can be quickly achieved, at modest cost.
The fellow I have dealt with is George Saubon at cableburners.com, whose personal integrity, and customer service are top notch.
driver's avatar
driver
746 posts
 
As for break in procedure, I have one of those IEC to AC adapters & just plug the PC into a very heavy duty fan I have out in the garage & turn it on for a week.

The Flavor 4 is the best PC I've put on my amp and pre amp for that matter. Before doing the DIY thing with 83802 several years ago, I tried a lot of different PC's & some of them choked the soundstage & bass right out of the system. I followed Chris' development of his wire & made a bunch of Flavor 2's & then tried the Flavor 4.

I inadvertently plugged both an Ayre V-5x & V-1x into the same 20 amp dedicated circuit & it tripped the breaker. I repeated this just to verify it wasn't an anomaly before moving the amps to separate lines. This also happened with the V-1x & Classe CP50 pre, so my thoughts are the Flavor 4 allows full current draw to the amp. Never happened before with other PC's.

The first thing I noticed using the Flavor 4 on the amp was more bass presence & that presence is more defined & tighter. On the pre it took the edge off, although I recently changed from an ARC & thought the Classe to be more forward.
thorman OP
1,262 posts
 
Listener57: I do remember Chris mentioning they offer a connecting device ( cheap ) that will allow you to Daisey Chain 2 cords together and plug into a Refrigerator for a week or so.. This would work great if you were going on vacation for a week or two and you could cook em during you trip! I just didn't bother. I am a little baffled though at how good these cords sound at the price point....
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