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Power Conditioners Voltage regulation to AC Regeneration |
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Am I mis-understanding how this thing is supposed to work? Or are my expectations unreasonable?
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In my experience removing the hash from the mains has a bigger impact than constant Voltage. A good power supply can accommodate quite substantial voltage swings at the input so constant voltage of the mains is less critical. I replaced a PurePower with a Torus AVR and never looked back. With what I know today, I wouldn’t even bother with the AVR version and just purchase the RM version. The relays of the AVR are rather noisy when they switch. I own a TOT and an AVR and they do exactly what is advertised. Excellent products and excellent support from Ross Whitney.
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System: ML:5206,5302 Serafino's Nordost Lumin U1 RM15 |
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Bryston sources their transformers from the same company that Torus does. I'm wondering if the Bryston BIT 15 is basically a re-badged Torus RM 15 for a couple hundred bucks more.
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McIntosh MA8000; McIntosh MC1502; Canton Vento Reference 1 DC; E.A.T. E-Flat; Soundsmith Paua Mk II; Technics SL 1210 MK5; Audio Technica AT-150 MLX; Tascam BR-20; Teac X1000R; Pioneer RT-707; Oppo UDP 205; Denon DCD A-100; HP All-In-One Touchscreen Server; JRiver MC 28; Woo Audio WA6; Shure SRH 1840; SVS SB 1000; Jolida 502BRC; Jolida JD9; VPI 16.5 RCM; Wireworld Oasis 8 Speaker Cables; Audoquest Columbia 72 DBS IC's; Panamax PM-5400 (source components only) |
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I have a Torus TOT AVR and it works very well in my system. Aaron |
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Anyone compare the Torus units to the Audioquest Niagaras?
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I think you should read the white paper on the AQ website which adresses all these issues quite thoroughly. I think most well designed power supplies can deal with voltage fluctuations. Current compression is the problem. A power regenerator is basically another power supply. I don't want this. I want clean power and no current compression which must include the power cord and AC supply.
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No, but I compared the McIntosh MPC1500 which is alleged to be built in part by Torus with an old noise meter. I got the idea from Shunyata Research videos.
Unscientific, but the meter confirms what my ears heard, and that's good enough for me. On a scale of 0-100, with 0 being perfectly quiet and 100 is dirty unfiltered power from the outlet. Panamax was about 1.8 MPC1500 was about 0.6 isotek evo3 sigmas was 0.2 Niagara 7000 was ~0.0-0.1 (it teetered back and forth) I would have loved to demo a shunyata, but I didn't have any local dealer to let me play. |
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Also the MPC1500 and from what I was told the Torus, each outlet is not isolated from each other. One noisy electronic pollutes all the electronics.
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