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In Reply to: RE: PS Audio Quintet – Initial Impressions posted by Ihaveaduet on August 23, 2007 at 21:44:50:
May I suggest that you take the trouble to actually read the entire post before making derogatory and personal comments.Firstly, the comparison is between the Quintet and the UPC-200!
Secondly, the Duet is NOT MENTIONED ANYWHERE IN THE POST!The Duet and Quintet differ in three areas:
1) The number of outlets (4 vs 10)
2) The power on/off sequence "programming" capability (Quintet only)
3) TV/Telephone filtering option (Quintet only)Apart from these three aspects, the filtering capabilities of the two products are identical, so your comment about them being "essentially the same" is valid.
The UPC-200 is a previous "generation" product and does not offer the same level of RFI filtration (Quintet and Duet: low-pass at ~40KHz threshold).
The improvement from "no conditioning" to "UPC-200" was discernible but not significant (limitation of 4 x outlets = 4 x components).
The overall (and incremental) improvement from "UPC-200" to "Quintet" has been quite marked - due, probably, to a combination of the newer technology in use AND the capacity to connect all 8 components.
Reverting from "Quintet" to "no conditioning" (and back again) has reinforced this observation.
My one concern - based on concerns voiced by others - was that using any conditioning for 2 x 250watt monoblock amps would result in dynamic range limiting and making the overal sound seem "compressed".
This has not been the case - probably due to the Jeff Rowland Model 201's use of fairly efficient (~80%) ICEpower technology and the resultant lower load in terms of both power (watts) and current (amps) - a factor also helped along by 93dB efficiency in the speakers (Tannoy D700's).
As far as your comment "confuse price with value" is concerned, once again may I suggest that you actually take the trouble to read the post...
The initial comparison between Quintet/Quintessence/PPP was an attempt to analyse the "cost/benefit ratio" on the three items - where pricing steps up from unity to 2x to 4x (with the Quintet being the lowest priced PS Audio device with at least 8 outlets). I did not even consider the Duet due to its limitation of only 4 x outlets.
As far as the focus on PS Audio and not on any other make/model is concerned, when I bought the UPC-200 it came with 4 x decent-ish mains cords - all equipped with US-style plugs. Here in South Africa (with 240v/50Hz mains supply), most - if not all - other manufacturers ship their 230v units with European Schuko outlets which would have meant also having to replace 4 x cords. (PS Audio units imported to SA all come with US-style outlets).
Anyway, I've decided that the Quintet is definitely "a Keeper" and will be trading-in the UPC-200.
I'm happy with the result!
DevillEars
Edits: 08/24/07
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- RE: "You seem to be easily influenced and confuse price with value" - DevillEars 08:50:47 08/24/07 (0)
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