Affordable power conditioner?
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back in my DJ days i used to have only horrible experiences with phonic stuff, in comparison any behringer product would like like a super reliable and ultimate hi end studio gear.
I have a vision for the forum: can somebody please make a bad-tempered posting about how power conditioners can't work unless they are badly specified. We could then have 98 threads devoted to the dispute and need never mention cables again.
Hi Tenson
I have extremely good experience with this stuff:
http://www.kempelektroniks.nl/News.aspx
It does really clean up the mains and recover amazing good sound in general.
Here at my place I must say they do wonders, but the available AC mains are also of a sort that we can hardly talk about a real supply of electricity.
In the contrary to many cheap conditioners these devices does not cut any microdynamics nor do they sound dull.
Gerner
Yeah but UK plugs won't fit in those
I notice they also sell ye olde gold fuse
Strange....?
Kemp has an outlet in UK.
http://www.ukd.co.uk/product-list.asp?b=8&m=66
Gerner
julian2002
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have a look at some of the chinese stuff from cattylink and others. i use one of the mid range ones with wanky wires and i'm not unhappy. not a big believer in foo either so...
Interesting find. All power conditioners tried have had a sonic singnature. Some bring the soundstage forward, some make instruments to wide, some add extra sibilance and all with a dead quiet bacground [ a good thing ].
The most affective was installing dedicated circuits foreach component using the same earth ground. If you have a home check the tightness of the house ground and condition. Clean and tighten. You will be suprised at the outcome.
For me no power conditioners. Any other experiences out there.
rollo
I use a power conditioner I got FOC from Cattylink for being a good boy. I can't say I notice a great improvement but it gives me piece of mind. I only use it on source components because my amps are monobocks on either side of the room.
To be honest I don't see why they are needed. Surge protection is nice, but any good equipment should have decent power regulation and sticking a few coils and caps before it isn't going to change much.
To be honest I don't see why they are needed. Surge protection is nice, but any good equipment should have decent power regulation and sticking a few coils and caps before it isn't going to change much.
julian2002
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pretty much the same experience here simon. i got a decent conditioner and 3 elephant cock silver something cables for under £200 a year or 2 back. before that i was using an isotek something or other and supra / isotek cables which throttled my naims but slightly improved my sources. the chinese thing i have now is cool as it has 2 heavily messed with sockets (sb and a/s) 2 not so messed with ones (used by my eva and dvd recorder) and 2 unmessed with ones (used by my amps). this means i can have the lot connected easily without having too much crap everywhere. i've also tried a hydra which was ok with naims but crap for other stuff.