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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PurePower
is the Closest Thing to Battery Power
![]() 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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