Hi Protegimus,
My apologies in advance as I may be occasionally very direct - and in a later post I may share a picture that perhaps will give you more confidence in what I am up to?
There is no ‘lashed in’ equipment in my system. It may seem open to improvement in certain areas - but that is not relevant at this time - and I will soon cover the explicit reasons why. Nevertheless ALL of the points you make are completely valid and correct.
Where to start?
POWER: I note that you have Shunyata Sigma cables for your Power Amplifier? Your power amplifier uses 2 x 1,2KVA Encapsulated (ultra-low noise) transformers - with rectification of the mains frequency (60Hz in USA). The explicit granted Patent for Shunyata Sigma technology (a good one - not implicated in my earlier posting!) is designed to provide rapid current delivery into your amplifier (when the rectifiers pass current) and you will definitely get a benefit in dynamic recharge of the reservoir capacitors with lower self-noise generated.
Note: I have carefully chosen all the amplifiers I have (ever) purchased. The Linn Klimax Solo 800 does not use a ‘conventional’ mains transformer(s) and rectifiers. This means that the switching frequency of the power conversion is well beyond the audio frequency and draws its power continuously from the input mains through the 50Hz or 60Hz cycle. The most recent variant of these ‘switched mode power supplies’ employs something called ‘intelligent valley switching’ or ‘resonant switching’ - which basically means the active devices (in the SMPS) are switched between the on-and-off state when zero voltage is across them. This is the lowest noise way of achieving a (very high power) SMPS.
A casual observation (of mine) is that a similar concept of ‘switching when the voltage across the diodes is zero’ is used in the interesting deviation from transformer based PS of the Sanders Magtech amplifier (ref see The Magtech Regulated Power Supply White Paper). That amplifier appeared in the spreadsheet of amplifiers in one of the very early postings on my footballing thread. (FYI the Sanders Magtech amplifier was near the top of my list in 2019).
https://community.naimaudio.com/t/english-premier-or-international-hifi-now-with-team-history/38767/12?u=edmund-of-essex
In Summary: It may be the case that for the Linn Klimax Solo (with Utopik SMPS) a reduction in noise can be achieved by using some other product from Shunyata (or other power improvement supplier), however the specific product you use is not appropriate for SMPS - and the claims in the relevant Patent make that explicit statement. Furthermore (I think I have explained elsewhere on forum) that the mains distribution in my media room has been rewired for high current star connections back to distribution board - so any residual mains borne power amp noise does not get close to any earlier (preamp or source).
Next up: TRANSDUCERS.
PS: I am very happy to take Questions and Comments on any and each of my postings.