RE: Power conditioners vs. isolation transformers

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Posted by Coffeecupman (A) on April 12, 2011 at 12:26:20

In Reply to: Power conditioners vs. isolation transformers posted by Jack D II on April 4, 2011 at 16:42:36:

Hey Jack,

What you want is to find an old Bybee/Curl pro on audiogon. Here is why:

-it is a world above what you are using right now. You will get a very warm and musical midrange that really brings to light why we power condition.

-You will be getting two power conditioners in one, since the BC pro has two sides, each identical and isolated from each other. This allows you, for about $800 on the used market, to experiment with separating your digital from your analog, power amps from source components, etc. All valuable experiments that will allow you to answer for yourself what matters in power conditioning and what doesn't. That's $400 per (premium) power conditioner, both of them in a nice compact space. There is no better value in high end power conditioning.

-The con is that the unit sacrifices a bit (and I mean this is slight) of detail. You won't miss this because you will love the magic you are getting in the mids.

-Ultimately we feel the best power conditioners on the market right now are the current version Bybeewire 2.0 and the Weizhi precision 6 outlet unit. However these start at $3K.

-The best possible course in power conditioning, in my opinion, is to start with an old Bybee/Curl Pro, and use that to learn what power conditioners can do. Then if you want to go further and spend more money you will at least know what you are doing and have a high quality standard of comparison. I have had monsters and Furmans and, again in my opinion, they were awful. Note that I don't recommend everything Bybee does, but his conditioners are and were excellent. Again it is not perfect, but in my opinion there is no better value in terms of units at this performance level.

Good luck,
Paul

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Topic - Power conditioners vs. isolation transformers - Jack D II 16:42:36 04/04/11 (10)

RE: Power conditioners vs. isolation transformers - Coffeecupman 12:26:20 04/12/11 (2)

RE: Power conditioners vs. isolation transformers - Jive Turkey 17:53:16 04/12/11 (1)

RE: Power conditioners vs. isolation transformers - Coffeecupman 21:24:33 04/12/11 (0)

RE: Power conditioners vs. isolation transformers - Tarquineous 19:48:52 04/09/11 (0)

RE: Power conditioners vs. isolation transformers - unclestu 15:10:43 04/06/11 (1)

RE: Power conditioners vs. isolation transformers - Jack D II 07:40:56 04/08/11 (0)

RE: Power conditioners vs. isolation transformers - d3vkb 19:34:21 04/05/11 (3)

RE: Power conditioners vs. isolation transformers - pictureguy 22:36:25 04/12/11 (0)

RE: Power conditioners vs. isolation transformers - Jack D II 20:50:31 04/05/11 (1)

Good luck, hope i was able to help. - d3vkb 21:16:50 04/05/11 (0)

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RE: Power conditioners vs. isolation transformers - Coffeecupman 12:26:20 04/12/11 (2)

RE: Power conditioners vs. isolation transformers - Jive Turkey 17:53:16 04/12/11 (1)

RE: Power conditioners vs. isolation transformers - Coffeecupman 21:24:33 04/12/11 (0)

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