Glad you are enjoying your CDT-3. Ours is geting better day by day - it already sounds great, and we are very happy with it, but can’t wait for it to settle down…

Actually, that is the previous generation Shunyata Python Vx - which was the same red as this generation’s Anaconda Helix. We WISH we had an extra Anaconda Vx, Helix or old style, to put on it. With 4 complete systems we need 25 powercords or so. I think we have about 20 Anaconda, 5 python, 3 Nordost Valhalla, 4 EL-ROD on audition, and assorted other Shunyata and Nordst.

That’s over $50K in powercords alone. *Gulp*

As for the shootout - will do. Did one a month or so ago. We are getting happier and happier with the Anaconda Helix Alpha as it has almost broken in [we used to break them in on the fridge, but this is no longer possible after our remodel. So just using heaters and fans - and amplifiers - it is taking longer]. And the Anaconda Helix Vx now has more resolution than the old Anaconda Alpha!

Thanks, I’ll pass your regards on to Neli…

All the best,
Mike.

I’m loving the Audio Note CDT-3 setup. I heard a similar setup although it was 100% Audio Note gear at the VTV Expo in New Jersey last month.

Great sound overall, very high resolution and transparency.

I noticed you’re using Shunyata Anaconda Vx on the CDT-3. Is that the new Shunyata Alpha Helix you were recently breaking-in? How’s it coming along?

When you get some free time you really should consider posting a blog entry on the new Anaconda Helix line (Alpha vs. Vx).

Regards to both you and Neli.

-Steven