There is no doubt that
power conditioning has become an automatic upgrade for all serious
music
and home theater fans. Simply put, the power from your local
utility is
unstable. It's also noisy and distorted.
Anyone with an expensive high end system knows that
performance
is compromised and components are at risk of being damaged from
exposure
to the voltage surges, distortions and the familiar "dimming light
bulb" or "sag". These problems cause 90% of the component
failure we see today.
There is also no doubt
that the Power Conditioning category is full of hype. The
best way to protect yourself from wasting your money is to be informed. PurePower products are based
on
science and sound electrical engineering principles, not
voodoo.
1.
What's the difference between a power conditioner and a
power
strip?
Typically, not
much. Most power
conditioners are
merely power strips on steroids. The first power conditioners were
power
strips with surge protection and a noise filter.
Every variation on that theme is still a power strip at
heart and
only capable of varying degrees of surge protection, some
noise reduction,
but no isolation from the power utility.
There
is no reason to spend more than $99 on one of these, although some
brands are offered at over $3,000. Generally, they do nothing to regulate the voltage or
correct
the sine wave. The
bigger
they are, the more power they consume, drawing power away from your
system.
A few expensive
models add stepped voltage regulation and one even has sine wave
correction as well. These
are
nice features to put on a power conditioner but still don't offer
true
isolation from the local utility. Our
biggest complaint about the expensive conditioners is that many of
them
crush the dynamics of your audio system to such an extent they ruin
the
listening experience.
2.
What are the most common AC problems?
There
are 10 things that can go wrong with your inbound AC power from the
local power company that will affect your system. We call them the
ten
Power Gremlins.
1.
![]() Blackouts: A total
loss of utility power
2. ![]()
Frequency
variation: A
change in frequency stability
3.
![]() Transients:
Instantaneous
high voltage increase in the range of nanoseconds
4.
![]() Harmonics:
Distortion of the normal waveform, generally transmitted by
non-linear loads
5.
![]() Over Voltage:
Increased
line voltage for extended periods of a few minutes to a few
days
6.
![]() Brownouts:
Reduced
line voltage for extended periods of a few minutes to a few
days
7. ![]()
Sags: Short
term
low voltage
8.
![]() Electro
Magnetic
Interference:
(EMI) High Frequency waveform - often referred to as
noise
9.
![]() Radio
Frequency Interference:
(RFI) Also a High Frequency waveform - often referred to as
noise
10.
![]() Surges:
Short term high
voltage
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Battery Power: The Benchmark
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Audiophiles worldwide know that battery power is the purest,
cleanest,
power source for their systems. It is the benchmark by which
all power
conditioners should be judged. Running a modern day AV
system
strictly on battery power is impractical because it would cost a
fortune recharging
and replenishing worn out batteries.
The PurePower
1050 however, delivers AC power that is identical to that provided
by a
fully isolated battery supply, and what's more, it gives you a
simple
way to prove it. To compare the quality of its power regenerated
from
the utility AC to the "benchmark" power generated from
its
on-board battery system, simply pull the plug from the wall during
operation.
We encourage all PurePower customers to do
this test
themselves when they first set it up. There is no perceptible
difference between the undeniably pure power from the isolated
battery
supply and the power regenerated from the utility power in the wall
outlet - no matter how poor the incoming utility power. Listening
to PurePower is the closest
thing to
listening to pure battery power full time. It's that good.
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3.
Do typical power
conditioners protect my system![]()
from all
10 Power Gremlins?
No. Some provide protection from 2 or 3 or even 5 of these
threats but no
power conditioning product except PurePower solves all of them at
the
same time in one box. See our Power
Gremlin chart to compare the protection capabilities of
typical power
conditioner technologies.
4.
What is AC Regeneration?
This
is the term used to
![]() describe the process of
converting the inbound AC from the utility company into DC, then back to AC
again as a perfect, noise-free, stable voltage sine wave. PurePower's
proprietary design delivers newly generated AC to your system, at the point
of use and always keeps it totally isolated from the utility supply.
5.
Who makes the world's
best AC Regenerator?
PurePower.
We make the only authentic AC
Regenerator on the market today because it's the only product to
offer
total isolation from the local utility. This means it ![]() delivers a
perfect 120v output, (or 230v in export markets) regardless of what's going
on at the local utility, regardless of the load. No other product on the market can make that statement.
No other product can deliver as much current, measured in RMS
watts, as PurePower can because nothing else is as
efficient.
In fact, PurePower can outperform the wall outlet in watts
delivered to power hungry amps by 10%, driving
your amplifier to new heights of dynamic range with the latest HD
audio
content.
Free Power Audit
Want
to know how PurePower fits with your system? We'll analyze your
system's
power requirements using our extensive database of A/V components
and send a full report on the power requirements of your
system.
Click
here for your free Power Audit response form.
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