Vibex Granada Double DC Filter

Srajan Ebaen has posted a review of the Vibex Granada Double DC filter (€2000) at 6moons. His conclusions:

“At only €100 more than his Three 11R and subtracting just 3 outlets in trade, the Vibex Granada improves demonstrably over what’s been my reference conditioner. The kicker, again, is that it does so by going after DC blocking, not customary AC filtration. I’m fond of saying that hifi hawks many cures for imaginary ailments. If you haven’t tried it yet, DC filtering of especially low-level components could seem exactly that. It’s not. Not only is it real, to my ears it is far more effective than traditional AC filtering. If you decide to wrestle with this subject, I know of no more formidable opponent than the Granada. If you thought vibration attenuation for cables was weird—yet nearly all top cables address physical resonances—it could sound even wackier for AC power. Given that the Granada not only doubles up on the prior range topper’s DC blockade but goes all out on the elastomeric hunt after micro vibrations, there’s clearly more to it than most of us would think or admit. As a late-blooming transistor man—since divesting myself of my tube amp inventory, I now only tolerate valves in low-level circuits—I have no issue admitting it. What on a whole their lot tends to do better is exactly what the Granada improves. Getting tube-type colour saturation and chunkiness and the low noise, bandwidth, control and lucidity of solid-state amps… well, that really is one of those most fortuitous yin/yang affairs. Award time!”

You can read the full review here.