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Firewall Module
Date Added: 06/29/2018 by Jeff W
I have replaced my Firewall 5x with the new 64x on my transport, dac/amp, power conditioner and speaker woofers. I have found in the past that Firewall modules need 1,000-1,500 hours of playing time to settle in and can be a bit harsh until then.
The improvement in going from 5x to 64x is so obvious that I am ready to talk about them after only 100 hours.
The improvement in sound is so great that it creates a paradigm shift more than an upgrade. Dynamics are stupendous, both in quality and in quantity. Onset of notes is instant but without edge. Sustain and continuity of escalation and deescalation of volume within a note is quite like live music and the notes end very realistically. Tonality is vastly better across the frequency spectrum (bass tone- OMG Paul really could play that Bass!). Distortion is much lower as well.
Though finely recorded albums sound almost alive the transformation is most apparent on old favorites that are more problematic sounding. As a better vinyl playback system seems to place hiss and music on different temporal and spatial planes; the 64x does the same for ALL distortion on digital recordings. An example of the result is that I can hear the Beatles PLAY at the Hollywood Bowl and I FEEL like I am in front of a loud PA system in an open space. The notes of the Bass are clear and melodic yet separate from this is a wall of blurry and forceful bass from the PA system that washes over you just as I remember at outdoor concerts in the 80's and 90's.
I have never been a big fan of imaging. A funny statement but hear me out. Specificity of image placement always seemed to rest on a little spur of treble or upper midrange that sharply outlined sounds in a way I have never experienced live. With the 64x in place images are MORE specific than ever and utterly free of edge, outline or pointedness. Mid-bass centered instruments are as clearly placed as cymbals and have heft and body.
I have ordered a custom power distribution unit with 4 of the 64x units inside. I don't even know what to expect.
CloseRead the reviewProduct details The improvement in going from 5x to 64x is so obvious that I am ready to talk about them after only 100 hours.
The improvement in sound is so great that it creates a paradigm shift more than an upgrade. Dynamics are stupendous, both in quality and in quantity. Onset of notes is instant but without edge. Sustain and continuity of escalation and deescalation of volume within a note is quite like live music and the notes end very realistically. Tonality is vastly better across the frequency spectrum (bass tone- OMG Paul really could play that Bass!). Distortion is much lower as well.
Though finely recorded albums sound almost alive the transformation is most apparent on old favorites that are more problematic sounding. As a better vinyl playback system seems to place hiss and music on different temporal and spatial planes; the 64x does the same for ALL distortion on digital recordings. An example of the result is that I can hear the Beatles PLAY at the Hollywood Bowl and I FEEL like I am in front of a loud PA system in an open space. The notes of the Bass are clear and melodic yet separate from this is a wall of blurry and forceful bass from the PA system that washes over you just as I remember at outdoor concerts in the 80's and 90's.
I have never been a big fan of imaging. A funny statement but hear me out. Specificity of image placement always seemed to rest on a little spur of treble or upper midrange that sharply outlined sounds in a way I have never experienced live. With the 64x in place images are MORE specific than ever and utterly free of edge, outline or pointedness. Mid-bass centered instruments are as clearly placed as cymbals and have heft and body.
I have ordered a custom power distribution unit with 4 of the 64x units inside. I don't even know what to expect.
Firewall Module
Date Added: 07/01/2018 by JonS
Just inserted a Firewall 64X on my integrated amp and all I can say is WOW! You don’t have to be a golden ear audiophile to very quickly recognize the excellent improvement in dynamics and musical flow. My impressions are very consistent with the comments already made by those who have received their 64X. The improvement is a substantial upgrade over the original Firewall. If you are sitting on the fence, I would recommend you go for it, it’s a no-brainer; I feel they offer such an improvement in my systems that I have re-ordered.
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Date Added: 07/26/2018 by Stephen Braude
Got my Firewall 64x module a few days ago, cooked it on an FM tuner for 24 hours, and auditioned it the afterward on my SACD player, replacing 3 daisy-chained 1x modules. I was blown away by how much clearer familiar tracks now were, and with extended treble and bass as well. I assumed I'd hear some difference, but I never expected it to be so dramatic. After a few more days of break-in, the sound is a bit smoother and more natural. A fantastic product! I want more...
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Date Added: 07/31/2018 by Michael R.
This brief review is for the brand new, hot off the line, the 64X Firewall. Louis let me trade in my older very nice 5X Firewall for the new 64X. I was wondering how much an upgrade the 64X would be. After all the original 1X Firewall and the improved 5X Firewalls each were very, very nice improvements! How far could this go? With just one 64X Firewall? On my amp? Well, actually, without exaggerating, I was surprised. Way more improvement than the 5X Firewall was over the original Firewall. Striking gains in clarity, depth of the soundstage and delineation of instruments. When two oboes or flutes are playing the same notes, you hear both instruments distinctly! When a French horn is playing (often to the extreme left) and the trombone to the right, you hear each instrument, with it's own timbre and tone and can enjoy the spatial and tonal differences between them. This with just one 64x Firewall. Wow! Anyhow, I've very much enjoyed the new toy in town and have stayed up late at night listening to old pieces to hear them anew! Honestly! I'm a long time LessLoss buyer and very often I am constantly surprised how these young, hard working Lithuanians are so resourceful! I'm 100% convinced that I'm getting great value for my money. For sure I'll be getting more of the 64X's....... One last thing: my friend, the retired medical professor, visited my home and heard my system, filled with LessLoss cords and Firewalls and he has just purchased all his power cords and a specially made LessLoss distributor filled with five 64X Firewalls.
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Date Added: 08/08/2018 by Jörg Stanislawski
The Firewall 64X that I received a few days ago replaced the 1X that I used on my passive power distributor.
Now I have re-read all the comments by other users of the new Firewall. What can I add?
I can only agree to all statements I see made by others. The 64X got me a big, big improvement in all aspects of sound imaginable.
There may not be a big improvement on the Echo's End Reference DAC, as it already has three of the 64X modules inside, so this fantastic shift in quality can be attributed to the clean power going into the Pre- and power amplifier. Even if I thought that my system sounds excellent with only the 1X installed and the wonderful Echo's End Reference DAC, I asked my neighbor to take a listen to prove I am not just imagining things.
Yes, it is a revelation!
The new module made the biggest improvements again on the jet great sounding discs. I searched and dug out a lot of discs that came with a flat, boring or distorted sound. Mostly these discs sound even more miserable, flatter, with a total collapse of soundstage, when played with really very expensive gear.
But again the Firewall 64X make it a much more comfortable listen, coming with more depth, room information and details. So those discs, collecting dust over the years and stayed unplayed on the shelves now get a re-listening. Distorted guitars are still sounding distorted, but with the Firewall 64X the music is no longer biting into my ears.
The sharpness that makes the listening uncomfortable is gone without a loss of details (there is more instead).
That only one Firewall 64X installed can make such a profound difference is amazing, when you consider the modest price for it.
How much money must someone invest in gear to get such an improvement? Or is there anybody out there who can name gear, a tweak, whatever, that comes with such a jump in sound quality?
Everyone who wants to build a system with, well, even only 3,000 EUR on hand, should calculate with the investment of one Firewall 64X module.
It is simply essential.
I wish that there will be someone who can compare two or three of the Firewall 64X modules, one C-MARC power cable going into a modest priced, passive power distributor of good quality with the Audioquest Niagara (10,000 EUR), the new one from Transparent Audio (15,000 EUR) or any other distributor in this price range or above. Let’s hope that this happens in the future. That would surely become a fascinating listening session.
In my opinion the Firewall 64X is the biggest bargain in high end audio equipment in a long long time.
Everyone should have at least one of it. :-)
Looking forward to coming rave reviews...
Liudas, thanks a thousand times!
CloseRead the reviewProduct details Now I have re-read all the comments by other users of the new Firewall. What can I add?
I can only agree to all statements I see made by others. The 64X got me a big, big improvement in all aspects of sound imaginable.
There may not be a big improvement on the Echo's End Reference DAC, as it already has three of the 64X modules inside, so this fantastic shift in quality can be attributed to the clean power going into the Pre- and power amplifier. Even if I thought that my system sounds excellent with only the 1X installed and the wonderful Echo's End Reference DAC, I asked my neighbor to take a listen to prove I am not just imagining things.
Yes, it is a revelation!
The new module made the biggest improvements again on the jet great sounding discs. I searched and dug out a lot of discs that came with a flat, boring or distorted sound. Mostly these discs sound even more miserable, flatter, with a total collapse of soundstage, when played with really very expensive gear.
But again the Firewall 64X make it a much more comfortable listen, coming with more depth, room information and details. So those discs, collecting dust over the years and stayed unplayed on the shelves now get a re-listening. Distorted guitars are still sounding distorted, but with the Firewall 64X the music is no longer biting into my ears.
The sharpness that makes the listening uncomfortable is gone without a loss of details (there is more instead).
That only one Firewall 64X installed can make such a profound difference is amazing, when you consider the modest price for it.
How much money must someone invest in gear to get such an improvement? Or is there anybody out there who can name gear, a tweak, whatever, that comes with such a jump in sound quality?
Everyone who wants to build a system with, well, even only 3,000 EUR on hand, should calculate with the investment of one Firewall 64X module.
It is simply essential.
I wish that there will be someone who can compare two or three of the Firewall 64X modules, one C-MARC power cable going into a modest priced, passive power distributor of good quality with the Audioquest Niagara (10,000 EUR), the new one from Transparent Audio (15,000 EUR) or any other distributor in this price range or above. Let’s hope that this happens in the future. That would surely become a fascinating listening session.
In my opinion the Firewall 64X is the biggest bargain in high end audio equipment in a long long time.
Everyone should have at least one of it. :-)
Looking forward to coming rave reviews...
Liudas, thanks a thousand times!
Firewall Module
Date Added: 08/08/2018 by mdc
Since almost three weeks now, the 2 Firewall 64X that I have ordered are burning in, respectively on the cd player (Accuphase DP-430) and on the amplifier (Accuphase E-370).
They have replaced two Firewall 5X that have replaced the first version of the Firewall.
After about 50 hours of irregular play and unconvincing results (‘bloated’ bass and loss of details compared to the Firewall 5X), the sound started to change rapidly when I left my system on almost 24/7 during a long weekend.
To cut a long story short and after around 250 hours, this is probably the best product you came up with since I first started to be a LessLoss customer.
Over the last 6 years, I have purchased three DFPC power cords, upgraded to DFPC Signature, HTT cable loom, C-Marc power cables upgraded to Super C-Marc cables and C-Marc XLR interconnect and speaker cables and, as mentioned, the various forms of the Firewalls in-line conditioners.
And let’s not forget the distributor you made for me.
Each of these products was a clear upgrade compared to its predecessor (expect maybe for the HTT interconnect and speaker cables that never really and/or fully convinced me or simply because the interconnect and speaker cables they replaced were probably very good, albeit much more expensive).
But nothing prepared me for the upgrade that the 2 Firewalls 64X brought to the sound of my system.
I never heard it sounding so dynamic, detailed and powerful.
Bass is out of this world: slam and ‘finesse’ at the same time and perfectly balanced with the rest of the music that is now clearly more detailed and ‘richer’.
The level of improvement that these two Firewall 64X bring to my system is simply stunning.
CloseRead the reviewProduct details They have replaced two Firewall 5X that have replaced the first version of the Firewall.
After about 50 hours of irregular play and unconvincing results (‘bloated’ bass and loss of details compared to the Firewall 5X), the sound started to change rapidly when I left my system on almost 24/7 during a long weekend.
To cut a long story short and after around 250 hours, this is probably the best product you came up with since I first started to be a LessLoss customer.
Over the last 6 years, I have purchased three DFPC power cords, upgraded to DFPC Signature, HTT cable loom, C-Marc power cables upgraded to Super C-Marc cables and C-Marc XLR interconnect and speaker cables and, as mentioned, the various forms of the Firewalls in-line conditioners.
And let’s not forget the distributor you made for me.
Each of these products was a clear upgrade compared to its predecessor (expect maybe for the HTT interconnect and speaker cables that never really and/or fully convinced me or simply because the interconnect and speaker cables they replaced were probably very good, albeit much more expensive).
But nothing prepared me for the upgrade that the 2 Firewalls 64X brought to the sound of my system.
I never heard it sounding so dynamic, detailed and powerful.
Bass is out of this world: slam and ‘finesse’ at the same time and perfectly balanced with the rest of the music that is now clearly more detailed and ‘richer’.
The level of improvement that these two Firewall 64X bring to my system is simply stunning.
Firewall Module
Date Added: 08/22/2018 by rh
Received my first Firewall 64X about 2 weeks ago and I’m really happy with what it did for the sound.
The results are amazing, more natural sound and more of everything.
Well worth your money!
CloseRead the reviewProduct details The results are amazing, more natural sound and more of everything.
Well worth your money!
Firewall Module
Date Added: 08/25/2018 by Jim Stathakis
Installing the Firewall 64X into my system in May 2018, I noticed the immediate emergence of subtle cues that had previously been inaudibly submerged beneath the parasitic noise "riding" the current into my audio system. Of course, as one would expect, those cues infused the musical presentation with a latent natural delicacy only hinted at previously. In my system (Oppo 105 --_ Music Reference RM-200 --_ Magnepan 3.7s), I found the most benefit when used in conjunction with the tube amplifier.
One major (and somewhat embarrassing) ancillary benefit was that the increased resolution, arising from the installation of the Firewall, permitted me to reposition the speakers with greater precision. The synergistic results have been most enjoyable. Throughout the audio spectrum there is greater focus, as well as, a more cohesive soundstage. Bass is more tunefully solid, highs are naturally airy and crystalline, and music flows with greater harmonic richness and nuance. These improvements have been more fully realized with usage.
I have placed an order for a second 64X.
CloseRead the reviewProduct details One major (and somewhat embarrassing) ancillary benefit was that the increased resolution, arising from the installation of the Firewall, permitted me to reposition the speakers with greater precision. The synergistic results have been most enjoyable. Throughout the audio spectrum there is greater focus, as well as, a more cohesive soundstage. Bass is more tunefully solid, highs are naturally airy and crystalline, and music flows with greater harmonic richness and nuance. These improvements have been more fully realized with usage.
I have placed an order for a second 64X.
Firewall Module
Date Added: 08/26/2018 by Joseph LG
I received my first batch of the 64X units and after a week of daisy-chain hookup to a FryCorder2 I replaced all my 1Xs and 5Xs on my main system with 64X, so now every component has a 64X at its power input. I really did not expect to hear any change, but I did, for the better. Every track I play sounds cleaner, clearer, and more tonally correct. Whatever those little wooden boxes are doing, it is remarkable.
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Date Added: 11/14/2018 by michael sadighpour
I have the KEF LS50W active speaker system which is a speaker with built in amplification, DAC and streamer. I ordered qty:4 of the 64X Firewalls (2 on each speaker) and it has completely transformed the system as if I have upgraded components and also larger speakers. That fatiguing sound of digital audio is gone, rendering an organic, more lifelike presentation with a much bigger soundstage. Try at least one. It goes to show that good power is paramount in quality sound.
CloseRead the reviewProduct details LessLoss History From the Very Beginnings
LessLoss started its business on Audiogon in late 2007. Within the first couple of month, word about LessLoss spread like wildfire among Audiogon members. Here is the feedback received from our clients during our first year of operation. This is from even before we had our own website.
Louis is one of the best in the business, truly professional and very fast production and delivery. I am very satisfied by your superb service. Many thanks.
Positive by Buyer Sebastian (135) on 07-29-2008
Excellent transaction with Lessloss on dynamic filtering power cord. Good communications & fast shipping. A+++++
Positive by Buyer Sennett (45) on 07-03-08
Bought 3 pc's from Liudas in Jan/08. Outstanding product as advertised. Performance is everything and more than I expected. Kudos to Lessloss cable for a great product. Very highly recommended...A+++
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