Imagine the benefits if you would have paid full price!
Why? Ok, doesn't matter, I ordered two.Buy two and daisy chain them.
Keith
Thanks for sharing such a nice information. I would like to know more about electrical connector typesIf you watch his YouTube review, he has a machine which can actually produce a far more dirty AC power output than what is coming out of the walls.
He feeds this nasty signal into the components to see if the measurements will change and just compares to what comes out of the wall.
Nothing changes. The units themselves basically offer the same type PLC and probably cost the same as what it costs to implement it in a piece of equipment. Yet the industry charges 1000’s for this to be external.
Yea not really sure if that makes too much of difference either. The “supposed” theory again is that different metals will change the response.Thanks for sharing such a nice information. I would like to know more about electrical connector types
It’s a tough battle, your post is extremely valid and the intelligent approach.These used to be 'feel-good' products; even if you couldn't prove they worked as described.
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But in the day-n-age of the internet, they have become more than just warm-n-fuzzy placebos, since anyone can look up their creds:
This $40.00 (2 outlets) industrial device comes w/a lifetime warranty, it is fully certified and even has a [probably useless] $10k damage insurance.
- Tripp-Lite's Isobar ISOBLOK2 protection system utilizes large toroidal chokes, ferrite rod-core inductors, HF/VHF caps and multiple MOVs… In the hopes of protecting the inter-connected hardware that are also being fed by the same AC-MAINS.
- Their test results show that they can withstand AC powerline surges/spikes (1400 joules/48kA rating/<1nS response) and reduce EMI/RFI effects (40-80dB both CM/DM) between collocated hardware.
Does a single IsoTek Evo3 (@$400/outlet x5) provide more bang-for-the-buck over a few IsoBar IsoBlok2 (@$20/outlet)?
I can prove to you that I own a few older IsoBars (US-made) and a few new-ish versions (Mexico-made) but I can't tell you if they have ever worked.
Pure gold ; )Now there's a good idea - just ensure it's resin encased so the magic cannot escape.
Industry lobbyists actually write legislation in the USA, so there is no way regulatory intervention will ever happen.Pure gold ; )
Clarus seems to be the latest snake oil vendor in the likes of AudioQuest, Shunyata, Transparent Audio, PS Audio, Nordost and on and on and on. If we had any kind of regulatory intervention, where blatant marketing lies were punishable by fines or jail time, a lot of these charlatans would cease to pollute the airwaves, alas...
A power supply with power factor correction would take care of that issue I would think. That is their intended purpose.Sure they will. The energy is 40 dB down reference 60 Hz. If any gear is relying on that to work, it needs to be redesigned.
Imagine if we had this in the US -- our government officials would all be in the yard pumpin' iron all day and gettin' tats with dirty needles and ink made from dirt. And they'd be so jacked when they were finally released we would really be in troubleIf we had any kind of regulatory intervention, where blatant ... lies were punishable by fines or jail time...
That’s the only thing I got from Gene at audioholics that made sense to me. Sags and over voltage. Thought it was useless since I lived in the big city and bought one anyway, an APC ht unit which had Automatic Voltage Regulation in +/- and I was pretty shocked that I did get a lot of sags on my line.Imagine if we had this in the US -- our government officials would all be in the yard pumpin' iron all day and gettin' tats with dirty needles and ink made from dirt. And they'd be so jacked when they were finally released we would really be in trouble
Had power issues twice that messed up equipment issues. Once in an apartment some sags/ brown-outs fried a TV, VCR, stereo amp and tuner. Only the TV and tuner were able to be fixed, although I think the hi-fi shop was less than honest about the amp (an Adcom) because they could easily resell it and they wanted me to buy a more expensive amp from them.
A few years later overloading the breaker/ circuit the stereo was on by running an electric kettle and then firing up the microwave caused an expensive reconditioning of a 4B ST and having to ditch an Audible Illusions 2B preamp. That was the wife and MIL making lunch in the temporary kitchen in the den while an addition was under construction.
It doesn't do much, it's true. But if I had spent $1,999 I might think something important was missing.Looks like much ado about nothing to me.