We’ve locked ourselfs in the lab again to bring you another interesting test. This time we dive into the effect of a power conditioner. We brought in the YETI Reference and the Isotek Aquarius V5 and Titan V5. Now do these filters do anything, or is it all nonsense?
We made a simple set-up for this test with a Bryston PowerPAC 300 power amplifier, a dummy load and our trusty Prism dScope. We simply measured the noise floor with and without a filter. You can see the results in this video
Could you possibly measure the Emotiva cmX2+ or the cmX6+ sometime? It would be great to see how a more affordable option with DC filtering would compare. Great article. Thanks.
Yes, that would be really interesting, because next to all the solutions I’ve heard I like the Kemp’s the most. One Kemp at the system is nice, a second Kemp in the Mains cabinet is more than twice as good and a third Kemp on another powergroup where for example some Led lights and a television are situated makes it really great. Not sure if you can get 3 of them?
Nice!
I’m curious about what parallel filters like Kemp SNS could do. I listened to many different power conditioners, but still a bunch of Kemp SNS plugged in on several outlets. For example one in the mains cabinet, one on an outlet in the living room and one on an outlet next to the audio system. The effect is much better than one plug at the audiosystem.