Synergistic New Tesla Line...Any comments?

04-26-08: Fplanner2000
APL 3910 that had just come back from a laser repair. Turns out the volume on the DAC board had somehow been set very low - increasing it brought back the dynamics and bass that I had been lacking and missing...

You are running the APL direct rather than through your VAC preamp, yes? Otherwise, I don't believe raising the volume on the APL's DAC would have an effect if you're using it through your preamp. Although, having the H Attenuator switched on while running the APL through a preamp WILL have a detrimental effect on the sound (I did this myself once).

Tvad- I'm actually running the APL through my preamp and raising the volume on the DAC board has cleared up the bass problem. It is obviously increasing the output to the preamp, with excellent results. I am presuming the volume control on the Sony remote is communicating with the DAC board inside the 3910 as per Alex's instructions.

05-03-08: Fplanner2000
Tvad- I'm actually running the APL through my preamp and raising the volume on the DAC board has cleared up the bass problem. It is obviously increasing the output to the preamp, with excellent results.

That doesn't make sense to me, since the H Attenuator must either be turned on or off to work properly (my understanding is it should be turned off when running through a preamp), but if you say it's working for you, then that's all that matters.

So I got a T3 from the Cable Company loan library (as well as a JPS Power AC+ on recommendation from someone) but I'm quite disaapointed. My McCormack DNA-500 amp has a 20A IEC and I requested 20A IEC'd pc's to evaluate. The JPS is indeed one, but my real need/reason for this eval was to hear the T3 on my McCormack, and compare it to my existing Audience PowerChord. Instead, they sent a standard 15A IEC'd T3 and a $25 Interpower 20A IEC adapter dongle! Can I assume that this is a weak link, or am I making too much of it? Thx
Ted

I believe most users would prefer to evaluate the cord without an adapter. Whether you or anyone else could hear an appreciable difference is open to question, but I have friends locally who say they do hear the difference and an adapter is detrimental to the performance of a power cord.