I went to their site, and when you click on any product for details and a picture, all that you get is a white screen with their header and a pulsating gray dot.
ADD-POWR POWR BAR
I have been looking for a quality 120 volt multiple outlet unit for awhile. Recently,while perusing the ADD-POWR website I noticed they had exactly what I was looking for; a quality 8 outlet unit with Furutech receptacles for a price that was at least half and in one case a third of the competitors I was looking at. I like a bargain and this definitely is. It also has their harmonic pulse resonance technology which none of the competition does.
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I don’t really understand it, but I recall some British gear years ago bragging that they had it and it was important, so when I bought a power strip, I chose one where each outlet was star grounded. Here’s an explanation that I found on the internet. A type of grounding scheme used in some studios to prevent ground loops. It requires isolating each piece of gear from AC ground (using a ground lift adapter) and running a separate ground wire from the chassis of each piece (including the racks themselves) back to the main studio ground (we call this “Technical Earth”). This “Tech Earth” gets connected back to a main AC ground, and/or a large copper rod driven 18 feet into the ground. Thus every piece of gear still has AC fault protection, but no earth grounds are tied together. Technically limited ground loops can still exist in the studio signal wiring, but the path length differences are minimized to an extent that it isn’t likely to be a problem. Star Grounding is a time consuming and complex wiring scheme, but is generally very effective at preventing ground loops and works great in conjunction with other measures such as telescoping shields. Occasionally you’ll still find some piece of gear that requires audio transformers to eliminate ground loops. Generally you’ll find that with today’s equipment, you really don’t have to go as far as all this. Telescoping shields, balanced lines, and careful consideration to signal cable wiring with today’s equipment is often good enough. |
I don't know what your budget is, but I bought mine around 12 years ago for less than $250.00. The brand is Cable Pro, and it was made in Texas. I read recommendations for it here on Audiogon I think. The company apparently shut its doors when the owner died. I don't think that a power strip needs to be very expensive to be star grounded. |