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Equi=Tech Balanced Power vs. ?

Having finished my equipment purchases (for the time being), I have decided now to explore enhancing the electrical power in my media room.

PS Audio recommends regeneration; Richard Gray Power Company recommends having power in reserve that is added when the draw exceeds available capacity. Equi=Tech has an altogether different approach: balanced power.

I am writing to ask whether anyone has had an experience with Equi=tech/balanced power. I do note that none of their units has appeared for sale on Audiogon in recent weeks, which may be a positive reference of a sort itself. Moreover, has anyone had the opportunity to contrast the alternatives cited above?

Thank you.
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sean
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J, this has been covered several times in the A-gon forum archives. Try doing a search there and see what comes up. If your specific questions aren't answered, try posting them here. Sean
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rsuminsby
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No experience with Equi=Tech, but one thing you should know about the PS Audio Power Plants is that they do output balanced power. I think Equi=Tech has argued in some forums that the balanced power is what works the magic, but I have to believe that the regeneration (and the multiwave technology) has a signifiacnt impact as well.
kerry23
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I've been curious and researching the very same topic. Besides Equi-Tech for the balanced power approach, check out the Furman IT series. It appears that they do the same thing for less dinero.

I was reading a magazine today (Nuts & Volts, Poptronic or ? I looked at several...) and they discuss different noise cancellation electrical schemes and pros/cons of each. They included balanced power and power regeneration.

The power regeneration scheme that they showed included a balanced power front-end stage, which indeed appears to be superior. Whether PS Audio or Richard Gray includes a balanced power front-end in their products, I don't know.

Good luck!
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lwin
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I have never installed a piece of equipment in my system that had a more noticeable positive effect than an Equi=Tech 1.5. P. S. audio units also balance the power in addition to regenerating it. My only complaint with the P.S. units is you have to spend serious coin to cover anything more than a basic front end. Larry W
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