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Re: Interesting. what others tried? good system

I relly like the Sound Applications. I have a Reference Line Stage, and it is indeed my reference. I am trying the Furman IT Reference 20, and it's the best conditioner I have tried, betting the Sound Applications. However, I don't care for the balanced power outlets. It has four outlets that bypass the balanced power transformer and that perform basically as the IT Reference 20 PF, so I think I will get the Furman Elite 20PF.

I also have an Equitech 2Q which is a balanced conditioner, and I don't like the sound of it's balanced power either. Balanced power sounds rounded off and a bit too soft for my tastes. You lose some dynamics on balanced in my experience.

But the power factor correction really juices my system, and the bass is MUCH tigher and more tuneful, dynamics been turned up. It sounds like a very good subwoofer has been added.

I have tried a couple of voltage stabilizers including the new PS Audio Power Plant Premier. There is a signature that happens to the sound I don't like. If you turn off the Premier you can hear it's passive conditioning without the AC regeneration. In my system the regeneration sounded worse than the passive. But I don't have a lot of voltage fluctuation. I did live in a place with a nightly brown-out, and at that location the sound of the brown-out (usually around 105 volts) was worse than the signature of voltage regulation of the early Exact Power I had. When I moved to my new place that does not have voltage swings, the ExactPower sounded mechanical and grainy.

I have no experience with the Accuphase. I know some Kondo people who have used it and like it for power in New York (you probably know them too!).

It takes a long time to compare this stuff especially because power conditioners take a long time to burn-in (usually well over 200 hours). Everybodies power is different.


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