Progress SnubWay Shipping

Love it

Mark -- That speaker needs more tweeters.

So jealous! Thanks for sharing first impressions! My Snubways are due to arrive on Friday.

Thanks for the first impressions, Lon. I just received my Snubway this morning. I cannot comment on its benefits yet. I’ve been playing some demo tracks without it to get a baseline first. Will put it into place at the first spot on my Shunyata distribution strip. I believe that’s what is recommended. I have one Venom Defender placed between my analog equipment and my streamer/DAC on that strip. I also recently got a new pair of speakers that are also burning in, so I think I’ll run the Snubway for a while to break in and once again compare with and without, since some of the current changes in presentation will be with the speakers seasoning.

36 hours plus now. The basic signature hasn't changed. What stands out most is a bit more smoothness (in a good way, a bit less of a digital nature that I hadn't realized was there til it wasn't) and a bit less forward presentation (just a bit more behind the speakers in soundstage, a welcome thing for me). I am not sure it will change more, and I'm glad I have it--also glad it allowed me to move that one Defender over to the other outlet near the system.

My Snubway is on the same “Wagon Train” through the prairie to SF Bay area.   No rush here since I’m out of town for a few days anyway.  It’s nice to hear the initial feedback.  It should be interesting to see how they perform differently for us as many of our systems have such different  levels of power conditioning and power line infrastructure.

Awesome results! I think mine is blooming a bit more today, so perhaps there is more improvement to come. I'm quite happy I ordered one.

I was having an issue with low-volume squealing with my STR in the choke position. At first I thought it was a bad tube, but I swapped out a bunch of tubes and that didn't solve the issue. I just swapped some power cables around between my two Sorcer units and put the Snubway in the same circuit as the STR. No more squealing! Swapping between the two Sorcers may have been what solved the problem, but for now I'm going to chalk one up for the Snubway! I'll experiment with it all more soon, of course.

OK. I am beginning to comprehend the Snubway. When I first plugged it in a couple of days ago, I was busy with work, etc., and didn't immediately notice any "noise reduction" in the way that I was expecting to hear it, so I just left it plugged in and went about my business. Yesterday afternoon, I factored the Snubway into a noise problem I was having with the STR, which I now believe resolved due to other changes I made to the situation. At this moment, I doubt that the Snubway actually solved that problem (although that would have been cool).

Tonight, I finally had time to play music and listen carefully. The Snubway had been powered on and, I suppose, burning in for a couple of days at that point. So I listened to a song, and it sounded really great. Then I unplugged the Snubway and played the same song again and that is when I finally figured out what the Snubway is all about.

Of course, I played the same song over and over a dozen times with the Snubway in and out to make sure I was hearing what I thought I was hearing. My impressions remained consistent throughout the demo/experiment/whatever.

I've been doing a lot of tweaks the last several months and my system sounds pretty good at this point, imo. The Snubway takes all of that and pushes it up another notch. Plucked notes sound "rounder," more defined, more "real." Vocals extend out in the soundstage just a little bit more, lending air and clarity to the mix. The 3-D imaging I already had going on is enhanced, just a little bit, but noticeable. It's one of those "you might not notice it until you turn it off" sort of things. But, once you pick up on it, you wouldn't want to turn it off. That would be silly.

One thing that I'm still trying to decide if I am imagining or not is that I swear there is a very small increase in apparent volume when the Snubway is active. Maybe it's because the Snubway reduces noise in such a way that the music doesn't have to compete as much to shine through. Maybe I'm insane. But that was the general impression I kept getting tonight. Just a tiny, but noticeable, bump (in everything, really) when the Snubway is on.

So, yeah. I'm glad I finally got a little time to dig the snub. I'm rapidly running out of power outlets for my system, but the Snubway clearly deserves a seat at the table. Good work, Mark (as usual)!

Thank you!

Happy Father's Day

Best wishes - Mark

You’re not imagining it. The said, IMO, calling it a volume boost is not entirely accurate either.  That’s all I’m prepared to say at the moment.

I don’t mean to by cryptic. If anything, the sample size of the last 3 sessions is screaming out loud (no pun intended) that Mark has done it again.  I just need a couple of more sessions to parse out what the heck is happening.

I can't say that I perceive a "volume boost" as I am often enough playing with the gain between my ZBIT and the preamp volume section of my SEWE300B to have a 'baseline" to compare.

But I do feel that there is a tiny bit more reduction of "noise" in my system due to the Snubway, and that makes the "black background" a tad inkier and elements seem to be a bit more present as a result, which can seem to present a bit more volume at a gain point.

I think that the Snubway may address many of the same electrical noise interference that my Defenders do, but there seems to be one other phase of the noise that it scrubs that the Defenders were still allowing to be present (as desigined, this unit is to "snub" a particular power supply noise). So I don't perceive a big difference with the Snubway, but there is a subtle change with it within, and a before not quite digested--or even really identified--glare seems to have been eliminated.

Quite an achievement!

So... Who's going to be the first one to try two Snubways?

Looks like we have another plug joining the Duplex party!🤪 posted on Veriafi Audio FB page.


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Companion to SnubWay

Meet Main Stream

On our web site next week – delivery 1 May 2024

Pre Order at $235 – Retail Price $295

Main Stream
Master Class – Dynamic, Parallel, AC Line Conditioner

Main Stream is designed to improve the performance of your high-end audio or video system by reducing the amount of AC Mains-based interference travelling on the wires within your home.  This interference is created not only by other components in the system, but also appliances and other electrical equipment elsewhere in the house.  Sometimes even emanating from outside your home!  

Line interference can cause many undesirable effects; hum, hiss, hash, or buzzing sounds from your speakers, a slight vibration that can be felt through the chassis of your components or on the motor of your turntable, and on video displays as random lines, moving bars or fuzzy images.

Main Stream is called a “parallel” line conditioner because you do not plug your component INTO it, but rather plug it into the Mains socket closest to the component. In this way the Main Stream is never restricting the flow of current to your components, simply removing the interference it encounters on the line as the current flows by.  And there is no limit to how many MainStreams you can use; a large system may best be served by several.

Main Stream uses a combination of reactive elements to create tuned filters designed to specifically reduce the levels of noise specifically known to interfere with your audio enjoyment.  Our topology excludes the use of any type of resonant transformer as a wave shaping device, and rather, only removes unwanted frequencies.
 
• Capable of reducing system background noise to vanishingly low levels

• Reasonably priced

• Milled extruded aluminum case

• Designed for a long life of continuous service

• A faint blue glow shows it is working

• Laboratory tests prove the effectiveness of Main Stream via Fast Fourier Transform graphs

You guys are quick - beat me to the punch

Main Stream is 1/2 of our overall solution to polluted AC Mians we are all facing

SnubWay is our targeted solution to what we KNOW is harmful to our Mains via this Switch Mode Power Supply "leakage" and worse.

Main Stream is our new AC Line Conditioner and plays a REAL ROLE in cleaning up our Power for our Audio and Video Systems

They are very different products. Together - they are a very real solutiuon to what ails us.

This is my Facebook post to questions posed

Tom Gibbs
Currently in the all-analog system -- I highly recommend it!
23h23 hours ago

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Dave Clark
How does this compare or relate to the Puron?
22h22 hours ago

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Mark L. Schifter
Dave Clark in that Puron is an AC Line Conditioner as well - but Main Stream was designed specifically to partner up with SnubWay.
SnubWay is working in a frequency range between 400 and 600kHz where Switch Mode Power Supplies REALLY hurt our systems (both Audio and VIDEO)
Main Stream focuses it's powers in and around 20kHz (where hum, hiss & hash live) and more directly taking aim at operating frequencies where other gear CREATES NOISE and known to pollute the Mains.

Each are very specific and focused designes to act in a way that rewards the user with a COMPLETE SOLUTION to known AC Mains issues..
Puron is a widely focused weapon, while SnubWay and Main Stream team up to deliver a total knockout punch to AC Mains problem areas.
22h22 hours ago

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Dave Clark
Mark L. Schifter another question then… if you have a couple SMPS units plugged into either a power strip that is plugged into the actual AC power conditioner or are plugged directly into the conditioner (in my case the ps audio regenerator) does it matter where the snubway is plugged in? The wall outlet that the AC conditioner is plugged into? The AC conditioner? The power strip?
21h21 hours ago

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Mark L. Schifter
Dave Clark this is a really good question
My gut is maybe a bit counterintuitive here.
I might try the wall outlet first.
SnubWay is good at "sniffing"👍

I do not want to overstep my generous welcome here - Further information can bge found on our site

Main Stream is work with Peter Madnick and SnubWay is work with Dr Viet Nguyen

All of us working together - comparing notes and "targets"...

Thanks - Mark

After the STR-104 arrives, I will have exactly ONE open outlet remaining on the Sorcers...

Also ordered a Mainstream using the $100 Snubway credit Mark so generously gave us.  $140 shipped a screaming deal.  Thanks Mark!  I have been extremely happy with every product I have bought from Mark.  Purons, Ground Zeros, LSA Warp 1, SDFB w/sluggos and Piggy, Vanguard Caldera Sub, Snubway and soon the Mainstream.  Keep ‘em coming Mark

Mainstream ordered! Thanks guys for reminding me about the discount code!

Yeah, Lon wins the bet. I do have two Snubways (plugged in to each of my dedicated Hifi circuits) and the impact is not subtle.

Nope—not in the least bit.

More later and yeah—-I am completely ignoring the living daylights out of Mainstream for now unless Mark forces my hand.  I don’t want to cheat during my honeymoon period with the Snubways.

LiquidBlue -- It's almost impossible not to order one of Mark's new creations when (with the code) it's only $135. In this hobby, that's like the change you find in the couch. Not to mention that Mark's pretty much batting a thousand lately... It's hard not to want to be an early adopter...

bloodlemons, I get you. I was an early adopter of a couple SDFB's, the Snubway and soon to be Main Stream. All have been worthwhile upgrades! Mark and his team are bringing forth some great products at great prices! In the last week I've had several purchases made over the past few months, show up all at once. Interesting things happening here, that I need some time to sort out and make sense of! Listening to Mark Lanegan, Whiskey for the Holy Ghost, before shutting down for the night and it's blowing my mind.