EquiTech 1.5RQ Balanced Power Review

[ShiZo]

I HUGE transformer + 5 x Leviton Decora 15A power outlets for $4500. Snake Oil at its best!!!

Why dont people try to undercut them? Just curious.

 

[Blumlein 88]

Why dont people try to undercut them? Just curious.

If it gets too cheap, then it won't be taken seriously.

 

[Blumlein 88]

Many recording studios using balance transformers manufactured by EquiTech and Torus power. What's the definition of your "so much"? People using Hi-End gears are willing to pay over $10K to get extra 2%(hard to quantify but definitely hearable) improvements.

I know in this forum many people are singing cheap good measurement Chinese DAC, but do they sound better than Hi-End DACs? In most cases, not really.

So much? As in with very good measurements we see this unit doesn't do what is claimed. There is no indication it would improve the sound whatsoever. Not 2%, not .2%, it would appear not any percent improvement. For sound quality you gain nothing for your $4700.

Now if you think hearing is believing without controlled listening or careful measurements then this forum for the most part won't agree with you. Whether lots of people use this gear or no one the gear either helps as claimed or doesn't. The results here point very much toward does not help.

 

[Billy Budapest]

So, if we want to protect our equipment and feed it good AC power, what exactly should we be buying?

I'm looking at Furman products but am at a loss as to which one(s) would represent prudent investment in protection (and if feasible reproduction quality).

SurgeX—no BS claims about sound quality and doesn’t use sacrificial MOVs:

https://www.ametekesp.com/surgex

 

[michaelahess]

SurgeX—no BS claims about sound quality and doesn’t use sacrificial MOVs:

https://www.ametekesp.com/surgex

This is what I use as well, protect $100k+ copiers, so, good enough for my gear!

Cost 30-40 bucks on eBay.

 

[enricoclaudio]

APC is a good choice too. I have an APC G50 20A Power Conditioner in my AV Rack and it works great. I think I paid $225 for it.

 

[AntoniusRoses]

This is bad snake oil.

The only real and useful snake oil comes from the Chinese Water Snake - Enhydris chinensis.

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These cuties taste pretty good as well. Like chicken but lean and chewy.

 

[michaelahess]

APC is a good choice too. I have an APC G50 20A Power Conditioner in my AV Rack and it works great. I think I paid $225 for it.

APC quality has really gone downhill since they were bought out. I've switched my industrial stuff to Tripp-Lite. Eaton is fantastic, as a rule, as well.

I've personally had Schneider APC UPS' explode, leak badly and deform, and surge strips fry because of pinched wires from crappy assembly. Well over a dozen instances in the last few years. Not a single problem from my whole building to personal computer sized Eaton UPS' or dozens of Tripp-Lite rack mount PDU's/UPS'.

 

[GeekyBastard]

It is a gigantic transformer:

It looks like an isolation transformer a lot for some reason...

(And I bet isolation transformers might work better than this crap...)

 

[YSC]

I HUGE transformer + 5 x Leviton Decora 15A power outlets for $4500. Snake Oil at its best!!!

Well, what's wrong with it when it can make the purchaser HAPPY if it makes you feel good, it's good


Joke aside, I think for this sort of products, Amirm might be more interested to take some poor measuring things with loads of mains leakage to see if it can help a bit, just for the sake of study

 

[Johannes AU]

A perfect suicide tool for the wallet and life ......

 

[ShiZo]

I see lots of chokes in that picture so my guess is that it will clean garbage from the line. There are a lot MOVs there too so you probably have good protection from surges.

Movs are sacrificial though aren't they?

 

[Blumlein 88]

Well, what's wrong with it when it can make the purchaser HAPPY if it makes you feel good, it's good


Joke aside, I think for this sort of products, Amirm might be more interested to take some poor measuring things with loads of mains leakage to see if it can help a bit, just for the sake of study

That might be mildly interesting, but at the cost of this unit one can just choose other gear that is inherently of higher fidelity and save money.

 

[bequietjk]

So, if we want to protect our equipment and feed it good AC power, what exactly should we be buying?

I'm looking at Furman products but am at a loss as to which one(s) would represent prudent investment in protection (and if feasible reproduction quality).

Sometime ago I heard Zero Surge is a good option. Could be worth looking into.

 

[YSC]

That might be mildly interesting, but at the cost of this unit one can just choose other gear that is inherently of higher fidelity and save money.

Well, just to see if that makes something as a tuning possible, you know there are tons of poor expensive stuffs out there, so to see if it’s overpriced pure snake oil or have some truth in it

 

[dfuller]

Many recording studios using balance transformers manufactured by EquiTech and Torus power. What's the definition of your "so much"? People using Hi-End gears are willing to pay over $10K to get extra 2%(hard to quantify but definitely hearable) improvements.

I guarantee you they are not. Studios don't bother with this stuff.

 

[Chrispy]

Try measuring this balanced power with DAC and preamplifier.

Most of the people who are using balanced power with source equipments can hear obvious sound quality improvements

Or have very active imaginations is more likely.

 

[gvl]

It is a gigantic transformer:

Must be a flying saucer at this price.

 

[ShiZo]

I see lots of chokes in that picture so my guess is that it will clean garbage from the line. There are a lot MOVs there too so you probably have good protection from surges.

Are the movs sacrificial?

 

[Jdunk54nl]

So, if we want to protect our equipment and feed it good AC power, what exactly should we be buying?

I'm looking at Furman products but am at a loss as to which one(s) would represent prudent investment in protection (and if feasible reproduction quality).

Protecting your equipment, a whole home surge protector installed right by where your power comes into your house.