Product Reviews

The Node SS-1's intelligent engineering delivers sonic improvements and musical insights that are like audiophile candy. It is the most comprehensive system for supporting components and cables and, in my experience, there is none better.

On top of that, its aesthetics are stunning. A support eco-system that is worthy of inclusion in the best systems.

- Marshall Nack
 

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When Reiki Audio offered me a sample of its new, no-holds-barred Ethernet cable, I leapt at the opportunity. After all, I’d already had great success with Reiki’s switch.

The JundoStream is my new reference Ethernet cable.

- Alan Taffel

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Adding the SuperSwitch and Pro Linear PSU to my system delivered a surprising improvement in sound quality, and not just in the magnitude of the difference. The Reiki products improved just about every aspect of performance on an audiophile checklist, but more importantly seemed to elevate the sound in ways that were most significant musically.

I’m thrilled to have heard the effect of the Reiki Audio SuperSwitch and Pro Linear PSU. The pair elevated my system’s performance to new heights and instantly won a permanent place in my reference system.

- Robert Harley

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With all of my front-end components supported by SS-1s, my thoughts turned to PRaT, soundstaging, and purity.

When you install the SS-1, you'll be rewarded with increasingly complex, natural sound. They are better than other footers I've tried and the first to out-perform the built-in isolation system of my CH Precision gear. They're not going back to the manufacturer.

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I've been aware of aftermarket audiophile fuses for the longest time, but never got around to trying them. It's not that I doubted their effectiveness, or was hesitant to try new things. I've always been an avid tweaker, as long as the product comes from a reputable source.

Well, this was a shocker. How does an inch of conductor filament have so much impact? For the kind of advance I heard, I can only assume proprietary processes cryogenics, quantum treatments and, uniquely, the natural diamond embedded in the ceramic housing are optimizing and amplifying the effects.

Installing HiFi-Tuning Supreme 3 Diamond Fuses in one component will give you a taste of what's in store, you'll know where it's going. Doing the entire system is transformative. A major upgrade comparable to installing expensive after-market component footers.

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Escape from Audiophile Sound

it is evident the Phantoms refuse to exaggerate. They don't employ excessive edge contrast to create sharp image outlines; they don't overwhelm you with a wall of detail to make you think, "Man, that's a lot of information to take in." The details are there should you choose to get them, not forcibly thrust at you. The difference is in the unforced, natural presentation. They do not call attention to any aspect of the performance, always making sure the emotional connection to the music comes first.

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The next-level in high-performance cable system may yet to be created, but until that day comes, the Stage III Concepts A.S.P. Ckahron Ultimate Statement XLR is the highest performing XLR I’ve experienced.

Many super high-end audiophiles splurge on megabuck systems while the cable system is almost consistently the malnourished. With powerful designs from companies like Stage III Concepts, cable systems are now redefining the status of the mighty.

- Constantine Soo

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The Ckahron Interconnect is transformative with nothing subtle about it. A single length will create the perception of an enlarged, room-filling soundstage. The sound is hefty and athletic. Images have so much body mass and solidity I was left musing, "What incredible grip!" The Ckahron makes other interconnects in my inventory sound weak.

It's fair to say nothing I heard, no area of performance, is less than world-class. The beastly grip is delivered in a wrapper of lush, saturated tone and variegated timbral colors that satisfies the competing demands of resolution and musicality in spectacular fashion.

The Ckahron Interconnect pulls up right alongside the Poseidon Power Cord. You are not likely to hear a take on sound like this elsewhere. I know I have not—and these wires won't be going back to the distributor.

- Marshall Nack

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What a difference the Poseidon makes! It has wondrous timbral beauty; at the same time, it delivers thunderous low-end. To put a number on it, I'd say the Poseidon singlehandedly garnered an 8-10% improvement in my system.

In a rig conservatively valued at more than a half million USD, an 8% upgrade would translate to at least $40,000.

What a monster this guy is! But he's the best yet from Stage III or any brand I've heard, bar none.

- Marshall Nack

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Within the last year, I have auditioned three of the top Stage III power cords: the Kraken, the Proteus and the Poseidon.

All I can really say about the Poseidon is that I’ve never heard as much of this record as I’ve heard tonight. Full bodied mids, deep bass, complete treble, with an extraordinary soundstage. I was in the music.

after being exposed to the effects of the Poseidon, it will be difficult to go back to the Kraken. In fact, after agonizing about spending the money, I decided to purchase the review sample and will leave it on the HB Marble Power Slave powering the front-end of my system.

- Fred Crowder

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