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I first used my BP-3.5 with a 3' 10-gauge extension between it and wall. When I removed it...

The main difference (when removing extension, and upgrading the outlet to FIM) was a significantly deeper bass, like a half an octave, with attacks that sounded more solid. Immediately apparent, great! Perhaps the main benefit was replacing the outlet, connecting it to freshly stripped and cleaned copper.

I have not tried putting ordinary intervening cables between the BP-3.5 and my components. That would be interesting. I'm presently using all BPT cables, sheilded ones, on components with detachable cables. My power amplifiers are running on the BPT, too.

I find it hard to understand power conditioners by first using hand-waving theory. The performance is more significant and impressive than you would think. You can't break up the system mentally into separate "lumped parameter" but have to think of the power conditioner, cables, and even wall wiring as part of the components' power supplies. Lower-order interactions take place that hand waving doesn't predict. You have RF pickup from the cables, RFI at the power outlet, RF conducted from digital and video components, RF radiated from same via their cables, impedance of the AC power supplied to components at various frequencies, drawdown of the powerline by components (which can alter shape of waveform), energy storage in capacitors and transformer (magnetic field energy), and the imperfections of component power supplies... all of which can interact. Without doing measurements of these, it is hard to generalize from any particular listening test.

General Asylum - I've been testing the BP-3.5, & can confirm what was written on 6moons.... - Jim Stoneburner
6moons audio reviews: BPT BP-3.5 Signature
Head-Fi - First impressions of BP-3.5
BT2 review, owners name
Head-Fi - REVIEW: BPT (Balanced Power Technologies) BP-3 Balanced Power Isolator
Head-Fi - Monster vs. BPT
BPT 2 Signature sounded great
BPT sounds as good as Equi=Tech
SoundStage! Equipment Review - Balanced Power Technologies BP-2 Ultra Edition and BP-Jr. Balanced-Power Isolators (1/2002)
bybee, Positive Feedback
b-p-t.com
BPT ULTRA ISOLATOR PRODUCTS
BP-2 Ultra and BP-2.5 Ultra, Positive Feedback
Balanced Power BP2 review at Positive Feedback
6moons audio reviews: BPT BP-2+


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