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Power Factor correction

I have been playing around with various power conditioners. But I think power factor correction is the way to go. Balanced and other technologies reduce noise, but they are going to impair the dynamics a bit. I consider my Blue Circel MR1200 balanced power conditioner in terms of dynamics to be 95-98% of directly going to the wall. (This number is bigger than other conditioners like Monster Power, the PS Audio unit added a tonal coloring). But I also bought a Furman Power Factor Pro which seems to give a 'boost' compared to going straight to the wall. I had this daisy chained ahead of the MR1200. But recently, I switched the amp (and subwoofer) to go into the Furman straight and all other components into MR1200. It sound s a little more 'strident' but I think this is the natural tone of the instruments.
Note, high end amplifiers come with a Power Factor correcting power supply.


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  • Power Factor correction - SoftwireEngineer 11:32:46 09/25/07 (0)

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