APS Pure Power A/C Regenerators


Over the years I have tried a few power conditioners and always felt that they stripped the music of its "body," leaving me with a non-involving, non-musical, thin sound.

Because of this, I have only gone as far as a dedicated panel to dedicated circuits, with some above standard electrical hardware. ...and have been pleased with this results.

I recently had a conversation with a fellow audiophile, who also happens to be an engineer, who recommended that I look into the Pure Power line of A/C Regenerators.

He has tried quite a number of tweaks to his electrical supply over the years and could not say enough great things about Pure Power, to the point that he strongly felt that using this (specifically referring to the model 2000) in any standard outlet in the home, would outperform the improvments of dedicated circuits or any other electrical tweaking.

I am considering a project in my home that would move my listening room to a new space. Before I do this and before I bring in an electrician for all of the custom works, I am looking to hear from any folks that own or have owned a Pure Power regenerator.

Please share your experiences, both good or bad. Also, please comment on other A/C conditioners or custom/dedicated circuit topologies that you have compared this to.

Any experiences that you can share regarding APS Pure Power regenerators is appreciated.

Lastly, does anyone know if there is a performance difference between the different models, or do they only differ by their output capacities?

Thanks!
barrelchief

Showing 3 responses by elberoth2

I was playing with the PurePower 2000 for the past three weeks, and ended up buying one. In fact I knew after the first 10s I switched the unit on it is a keeper - the change was THAT obvious.

I was never really a fan of power conditioning - from all the units I tried, none was really transparent to the signal. Some muted microdynamics, some made my system sound lean (PS Audio Power Plant P-300). For the last 5 years I run all my gear straight from my dedicated AC outlets.

The PP is the first one that seems to have no downside. At least sonic wise, 'cos the fan noise can be really annoying. However, I have replaced the stock fans with Noctua ultra quiet (7dB) ones, which solved the problem eventually.

Great stuff.
Just replace the fans with sth better. I run mine with 2 (out of 3) fans disconected for a couple of days before I got better fans, and the temp reading never went past 40'C/105'F, which is perfectly safe.

You can bet better fans from a local computer shop. They are 80x80mm size. The fans that PurePower uses are rated 23dB, and the one I got are only 7dB.

Do not forget to instal silicone silencing grommets.