Shunyata - uk v us

is there any difference between the uk and us spec hydra's? i can't imagine that there is any difference between them, that would stop a us hydra from working on 240v. after all, all the components are supposed to be passive. does anyone know any more about these, and whether if i get one in the states to use in the UK it will cause a problem or not?

 

Original Hydra is identical, except of course for the price.

The Hydra 6 & 8 have to be ordered for either 220v or 110v as they are no longer purely passive. I beleive the 2 & 4 are OK.

The original is one hell of a bargain these days. can be snapped up for $1200 or less. You will be shocked by what it can acheive at the price.

 

so the hydra 4 is fine to use a us sourced unit in the UK?
i actually only have three items that need to be plugged into a filter, and don't feel that the huge premium that they charge over here is justifiable.... having said that the $1200 original hydra option sounds like an intriguing option...

 

I'd ask WM just to be safe. I understand that all bar the top models are multivoltage but Tony will know for sure.

I'd get an original though. I'm fairly sure it will see off the six and four easily, after all the real reason for stopping production was build cost nothing more.

 

wadiameister would you like to comment? also what is this Foo-foo box i keep hearing aobut?

 

The Hydras (new ones, 6 and 8 way) are specificaly voltage designated, you will need a 240V unit. (Schoko only)
The older Hydra like Mke had, had no problems with this, and can be improved by slipping in the slug instead of the fuse.
Is the old Hydra as good as the new, no just slightly different.
Another unit to consider Audio magic Stealth is good.
I couldn't possible comment on the foo foo box, its you ears that need too. and its some what 'better value' too.

 

sorry i didn't realsie you had seen the post, so i sent you a pm...
however as i said to you before, i'd be interested in trying out your power cable and now perhaps the foo-foo too.

it was actually the hydra 4 that i was particularly interested in as i actually only have 3 items that need to be plugged in. i was hoping that this model might not be voltage dependent...

 

Do remember that the 4 does not have the CDA101 bus, nor the original flubey dust, nor indiviual filtration for each of your units. It is a substatially downgraded unit in other words.

 

The 4 is most average as merlin has stated

 

it seems to have the same solid silver 7awg wiring for the sockets, and they seem to filtered in pairs of sockets, ie. two filtered together and the other two seperatly filtered together. i was actually planning to use my cd player on one set and then my pre and power on the other...

flubey dust, and cda101, you've lost me....

would it really be that much of a downgrade if two choke filtered power supplies were running of a shared filter set of sockets?

 

so not worth bothering with, or ... what?

i really would be interested in trying a couple of different solutions... just starting with a few things that seemed to fit in with my needs, based on my nordost power cables suposedly not liking in line filtration with the exception of units like the hydra... or so i'm told. i'm very open to hear other suggestions.

 

if all one of these version of the Hydra is

then I can make you one of these for much less. Hell the parts alone will cost all of £100. It fascinates me how much people will spend on a nice looking box.

And why a Hydra? Why not something from this country 2nd hand?

 

Blake,

You have PM

 

no.... my two pieces of equipement that will be plugged into it have choke filtered power supplies, that shouldn't be feeding anything to nasty back into the power supply....
what stuff from over here, where you thinking of?

 

if these ere filters are designed for the us market wont they be designed with a 60hz supply in mind?

 

can't imagine that would really have to much effect, but i could be wrong...

 

Oooh, was there a foo-foo one ???

 

How about IsoTek?

Or if all a hydra is is a choke mains filter then buid some yourself

and sprinkle with you own foo foo dust (silver wire, bybee's etc)