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.
jmeyers

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J,

I own an Equi=Tech 2Q and will never sell it. When I brought it home to audition it on my 2-channel system, its improvement was obvious. No A/Bing required. It improved the entire frequency spectrum, not just the 60Hz line hum as what I was expecting. I didn't have any hum to start with, so I didn't know what it would do. I actually expected it wouldn't do anything, but I was pleasantly supprised to find my assumptions were incorrect. I called up the dealer and told him he wasn't going to see it again.

When my wife walked in the house, the first thing out of her mouth was, "What did you do to the stereo?". She didn't even know I had been to the stereo store, thus her assessment was truely unbiased. She immediately heard the improvement as she was walking through the hallway from the front door.

Audition the unit for yourself, I highly recommend it. It uses very little power, unlike other units which act more like an amplifier.

Good Luck,
Tim

Also, if you like to do your homework, read up on its history. These guys actually ammended the National Electric Code, NEC to accomodate Technical Power (Balanced Power) in 1996. This is a feat in of itself. Their solution treats noise at the cause using the natural laws of physics and doesn't invent a new high-tech band-aide to cover it up.