Along with the Acoustic Revive RTP Ultimate series strips, I consider the IsoClean strips to be among the best units on the market today. The IsoClean strips offer a bit more filtration for urban/suburban situations where the juice is dirty, but do so without constricting dynamics (micro and macro), or mucking up the sound in one part of the spectrum to trade-off for noise filtration,a s is the case with many other units on the market. These strips are built like tanks, and get my vote for the coolest looking strips and filters on the market. All IsoClean strips will work on international voltages of 120V and 240V.
The Acoustic Revive RTP-4 Ultimate power conditioner starts out as a single 8.8 lb. solid block of Duralumin. After 5 hours of precision machining, the box is filled with green carborundum, tourmaline powder and natural quartz powder to eliminate noise and static electricity without any direct electrical contact and non-magnetism.
Most power conditoners use series type noise filters, but they convert noise elements to heat by magnetism, which not only absorbs noise, but also absorbs important electrical energy. Electromagnetic wave absorbent material itself is a strong magnetic body. Parallel type noise filters or choke coils can not avoid loss in transmission energy, which sometimes manifests itslef as a loss in dynamics (both macro and micro) in the music. Green carborundum is used by Acoustic Revive because it is a non-magnetic material- it only absorbs electromagnetic wave noise which is produced from receptacles and internal wiring. Green carborundum is claimed by Acoustic Revive to be the only electromagnetic wave absorbent material which improves sound quality and the signal to noise ratio. Tourmaline powder releases negative ions and keeps the amount static electricity very low. The natural quartz powder releases far infrared rays which has an surface activation effect. This leads to very realistic and sound filled with a feeling of throbbing pulse. The receptacles chosen for the Acoustic Revive RTP-4 is the Oyaide R1.
The bottom line is that this is one of the few power conditioners on the market that doesn't clean up your juice by wrecking something else in the music presentation. The RTP-4 is in stock, and the RTP-2 Ultimate (2 outlets) and RTP-6 Ultimate (six outlets) are available by special order.
The new Furutech e-TP80 (US) and e-TP80e (Schuko) are similar to the ETP-60, but have EIGHT outlets! Four of these outlets are filtered and four are non-filtered. Hyper quality non-magnetic 24k gold-plated 15A receptacles and Furutech's GC-303 EMF-absorbing internal coating are used, and all metal parts have been treated with Furutech’s cryogenic and demagnetizing Alpha Process.
The VH Audio Hot Box was designed for those who need extra outlets, but don't have the ability or resources to install additional wall receptacles or dedicated circuits. Built like a tank, and is arguably the best performing pure outlet strip on the market. If you need mild AC filtration, the filtered version of the Hot Box is outstanding. Now available with U.K. or Aussie style male plug.
Bybee Technologies has developed these devices fabricated from ceramics doped with oxides of rare-earth metals such as zirconium and neodymium. They achieve a VP of 92% of the speed of light, which is far higher than VPs of common conductors, which typically range from 50 to 70% of the speed of light. In addition to being near-superconductive, Bybee Quantum Purifiers are electrically passive and stable in any circuit. They induce no phase shift whatsoever, and are totally non-reactive—meaning there is no reactance between capacitance and inductance. When placed between an amplifier’s power transformer and diode bridge, for example, the Bybee Quantum Purifier eliminates undesirable impedance mismatches. In an amplifier-to-speaker connection, the absence of reactance creates an optimal signal transfer and presents an easier load to the amplifier. When transmitting digital information, the Bybee Quantum Purifier eliminates the overshoot and ringing that can occur in the leading edge of the square wave. This type of distortion is a major contributor to the harshness and glare often associated with digital sound. There are alot of very well-respected audiophiles who swear by these. Large purifiers can handle up to 15 amps of current.
The Bybee Small Slipstream Quantum Purifiers represent a combination of the rare earth metal oxide technology of the original devices (above) with carbon fiber materials. Internally they are composed of nanotubes, which are much smaller than a human hair. By incorporating a great many nanotubes in each device, they are able to handle the same amount of current as the original Small Quantum Purifiers that handled up to 4.3 amps. The signal purification capabilities of the new BYbee Slipstream Quantum Purifiers are superior to their predecessors!
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Are you looking to clean-up your power without losing the dynamics that many commercial filters take away? The downside is these are NOT officially rated for AC line use, so this tweak is at your own risk. Many have installed TWO .47 uF Auricaps in parallel, with the red leads to the hot screw and the black leads to the neutral screw. If your country uses 220-240V, many have used the 1500V Auricaps. I have found no sonic downside to this tweak, and the sonic upside in most situations is worthwhile. To my ears, the Auricaps sound better vs. caps officially rated for AC line use (X-rated caps). Dimensions are 1.00" X 1.17" for the 600V and 1.3" X 1.25" for the 1500V version. It is a good idea to shrink a strip of 1" heatshrink on the body of each cap to protect the external skin from getting nicked or abraded when installing.
Caution: Auricaps are NOT rated for AC line use. Several manufacurers use these caps in this manner for filtering, and many others have performed this tweak without incident. However, you ought to assume that these caps may eventually fail and pose a fire or electrical hazard if proper precautions aren't taken. Again, this tweak is AT YOUR OWN RISK.
