PS Audio 300 vs Tice powerblock II


I have been using the tice powerblock II in my system for some time now. In the last year there has been so much talk about the PS Audio stuff that I'm wondering if I should replace the Tice. I currently run my Aragon 8008ST amp throught the Tice which I know I could not do with the PS Audio powerplants. It would be for the front-end only. My amp would be on a dedicated curcuit with nothing else on it. The front end would be on another curcuit.
Does anybody have any advice, or have you tried both?
Thanks for your insight.
128x128nrchy
I Have used the Tice 11 and Ps Audio 300 I personally didn't care much for either. The 300 power plant doesn't have the power to run my mitusubishi 65" diamond HDTV with anything else attached to it let alone my classe CAM 350s. With my threshold T400s it would shut down. Now if you move up to the P600 powerplant you've got a hell of a machine. I absolutly love the 600s I use two of them My HDTV picture is fantastic. Sound stage and imaging especially the highs and low midrange out of my thiel 7.2s powered by a pair of classe Cam 350s with a krell KRC 3 and a sony SCD 777ES, or my classe CD/DVD 1 are much better. The down side to the P600 though is the cost $2400 a whack and the extreme amount of heat they produce. If you can afford it definitly go for the PS Audio P600 In My opinion it is the most bang for the buck I've put on my system. Also consider an upgraded power cord like Kimber Kable or PS audio Lab Cable I don't think there is much difference though between them. good luck! PS go PS audio all the way
David raises an important point: The PS Audio 300 , good as it is, must not be overloaded and he obviously did. You can use it for the general run of frontend componentry, such as CD player or preamp, certainly not for amps. PS Audio is quite clear about that in their literature. Cheers,
It is my intention to use the PS Audio 300 only for my front-end. I'm not sure if I will keep the Tice for the amp or sell it. The PS will be for my SCD-777es, the Sota Star, and my Krell KRC2, it should be fine with just those pieces plugged into it.
Nrchy, just a thought, don't know what the Sota Star is, but if it is a turntable, you need to consult the literature very carefully. One of the advantages of the PS Audio is, that you can play around with the cycles in which your electricity hits the condensors of your gear. A big advantage, easily detectable sonically. If the Sota is indeed a TT, then its motor might be set at fixed amount of cycles per second and it that case you cannot use multiwave,or better not plug it into the PS Audio.
Cheers,
Detlof
You are right. The Sota turntable has an outboard power supply/vaccuum and already regulates the power so the PS Audio would be redundant in that application. Good call!