Hello fanatics…

I have been diving deep. I endnote and leave no rock unturned…. I am curious…

Maybe it is the scotch… laphroig… Smokey, delicious… maybe it is the winter…. But i swear, it all does come together at night.

I understand this is due to less noise in the power grid.

I have installed two dedicated outlets, with fancy recepticals… and it’s marvelous.

It’s all marvelous. But i am a hedonist with my ears… and so i wonder.

If it seems clear, that even with dedicated outlets, my sublime mystical machine sounds better at night…

Do I need one of these power conditioners?

Or are they for those with dirty power within their home, and all are subject to the power grid’s fluctuations….


(Unless a decent battery…?)

Curious what you all think is the path to yet more nirvana….

R.

What did you do for a passive power conditioning?

Steve has talked about how power, and therefore sound, is better a night. Both because of the sun and the power grid stretched to the max. A balanced isolation transformer is a big help, esp. in the big city. It seems like a lot of people really like the power regeneration boxes, but that is a whole ‘nother rabbit hole down which you can go.

For hundreds you can get a balanced isolation transformer and/or one of the battery packs people have been talking about. A well done regenerator is likely the best option but they run into the thousands.

I got my transformer from eBay, aka China. Decware makes a nice one. The more gear you have on transformers the better.

Could you provide a link to one similar to what you got off eBay?

I've run my system on two different power plants, more recently the EcoFlow RIVER 2 Max Power Station. I paid mid 300's total for it. The power from it, even plugged into the wall, is much cleaner than power from the wall. You will notice an immediate difference for the better, including more bass weight. The one drawback is this smaller power station has fan cooling that can be heard, when it turns on. Fortunate for me, the only reasonable place I had to put it, a cabinet only open to the back, eliminated the problem. My larger Delta 3 Max has fan cooling but so quiet I've never heard it.

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Seems like there were more options when I bought mine a few years ago. But this is in the ballpark:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/205768467997


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In the sense that they clean up power, yes the same thing. But the difference is always in the details. The balanced transformer does this the same way as e.g. balanced connections in your stereo. It differences positive and negative phases and common noise cancels out.

The battery regenerates AC from the battery (DC) using inverter(s). In my experience (battery backups for computers and networking) this is very noisy, but apparently this technology is much better. I don't know anything about it beyond what is in the forum.

A power regenerator is essentially a power amp the plays one note at 60 Hz. Lon and some other posters have these and seem to be very happy, but they are the high dollar solution depending on how many amps you need.

Well, I didn't want this to turn into a Scotch discussion (I lied, I'm always up for a Scotch discussion) but +1 for Islay and +2 for Ardbeg. I have a bottle of cask strength that is one of my prized possessions.

Slàinte mhath!