audiodon
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So, in my reference system, I've had three power conditioners and I'm back to plugging directly into the wall, albeit into some PS Audio AC receptacles I'd recently bought.
First power conditioner was a Monster 5100. Blew up. Got a factory replacement. Then that started resetting also. I plugged directly into the wall and tested that 5100 for a year. Finally, I sold it off for pennies and the new owner is happy, so it must be my fluky AC power. I've seen it sag as low as 107 and surge as high as 127VAC here.
So, I bought a Blue Circle Music Ring 1200 from an AKer about a year ago. I never put it in. Looks well built. Three big heavy toroids inside and it looks solidly built and weighs a ton. Good reviews too, though they're ten years old. Therefore I thought I'd finally found something worthwhile.
Every Tripplite isolation transformer I've been exposed to hummed and had to be in another room connected to the audio system by a big extension cord, entirely defeating its purpose. The same with most power conditioners. I've tried a few, including an APC one that was fairly well regarded.
That blue circle is quiet at idle and sounds like an electric train transformer as soon as you put a load on it. Arrgh! It's supposed to balance the load or something.
I'd seen this before on an MIT unit with three transformers inside. That one hummed upon draw also.
There's a part of me that just doesn't want to pop for a Shunyata, but I'm running out of ideas.
Music Direct had a sale on a Hydra 4. Anybody got any experience with Shunyata products?
Even though we have new service to the house and 200 amp service at that, I'm going to have to take this to the next level and I'm soliciting ideas.
As always, keep the spirit of The Cutting Edge in mind when answering.
First power conditioner was a Monster 5100. Blew up. Got a factory replacement. Then that started resetting also. I plugged directly into the wall and tested that 5100 for a year. Finally, I sold it off for pennies and the new owner is happy, so it must be my fluky AC power. I've seen it sag as low as 107 and surge as high as 127VAC here.
So, I bought a Blue Circle Music Ring 1200 from an AKer about a year ago. I never put it in. Looks well built. Three big heavy toroids inside and it looks solidly built and weighs a ton. Good reviews too, though they're ten years old. Therefore I thought I'd finally found something worthwhile.
Every Tripplite isolation transformer I've been exposed to hummed and had to be in another room connected to the audio system by a big extension cord, entirely defeating its purpose. The same with most power conditioners. I've tried a few, including an APC one that was fairly well regarded.
That blue circle is quiet at idle and sounds like an electric train transformer as soon as you put a load on it. Arrgh! It's supposed to balance the load or something.
I'd seen this before on an MIT unit with three transformers inside. That one hummed upon draw also.
There's a part of me that just doesn't want to pop for a Shunyata, but I'm running out of ideas.
Music Direct had a sale on a Hydra 4. Anybody got any experience with Shunyata products?
Even though we have new service to the house and 200 amp service at that, I'm going to have to take this to the next level and I'm soliciting ideas.
As always, keep the spirit of The Cutting Edge in mind when answering.
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