Equi=Tech Balanced Power vs. ?

As George2 states,the best way to know for sure is with experimentation.As he states,they both offer return policies.PS Audio,Equitech and BPT all offer balanced power.
This in itself is a very effective technology.The differences are this.The BPT products offer a no bells and whistle approach.Still a very good product and cheaper than the Equitech, just much simpler.The Equitech products offer a transformer that they call a "Q" version that is supposed to be better for a/v products.Nicer chassis,on/off switch,etc.,that raises the price.Once again,another great product.Last but not least,by any means,there is PS Audio.
PS Audio offers balanced power out,but also have complete ac regeneration,to completely clean the line.The only drawback to this is that they are only about 50-60% efficient.They also offer a Multiwave option that allows you to change the frequency and waveform that your equipment sees.They also have voltage stabilization,that the others do not.These products have received rave reviews from a lot of people.The only problem being the bang for the buck.These are by far the most expensive,but they also offer a lot more,and as they say...."you get what you pay for"!

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.

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I just purchased the equi-tech 10w wall mount and it is truly amazing. You can certainly get something smaller. This has 10 20amp circuits. It is a dedicated power system to which you run a 220 line. I am wiring all a/v equipment separate from normal house wiring. It provides totally separate clean biamped power. It does add or detract from your system. It simply lets nothing get in the way. This equipment is used by recording studios. Widescreen review used a larger unit in their reference theater. Go to their web site for the review.
In my research I talked to numerous dealers in high gear throughout the country and most were not high on PS Audio as far as putting preamps or amps into their equipment feeling it detracted. Similar opinions were expressed about Richard Gray. Ok for video, not for audio.

George2 is incorrect. The EquiTech DOES have a detachable power cord.

I've owned and used the following, with Synergistic Designer's Reference Squared power cords:

ExactPower 2000
PowerPlant 600
EquiTech 2Q
MIT Z Stabilizer II and Z-Iso Duo.

I've kept the MIT products. All of the others have their pluses and minuses, but the MIT (though not balanced) sounded the best in my system. "Balanced" is not the only silver bullet to providing clean AC.