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Game Changing Tweak

I bought a pair of electrical devices called Electraclear from a company called AddPowr. They're simply plugged into an electrical outlet that's shared by your system. I paid under $300 for them and they've boosted my system's fidelity dramatically. In the 1800's,  a physicist and mathematician, Joseph Fourier, delved into the science of harmonics, and now the founder of AddPowr used these equations to increase the signal to noise ratio. (more signal=less noise) His devices act as harmonic resonators. He worked for a high-end audio cable company before focusing on this new range of products.
   I thought that when I first received the Electraclears, the difference would be subtle. To my surprise and delight, it was a stunning change. I was hearing music from the inside out. Cleaner, more dynamic, and a far greater and noticeable improvement than my power conditioner produces.
   I love finding inexpensive audio devices that work. The company makes other products, but I'd recommend a pair of Electraclears to start. 
bartholomew

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ladickinson
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Confirmation bias sells lots of products.  Whether it is a gadget that fools your carburetor into releasing the hidden power in the gasoline (sold with a rambling pseudo-science lecture on ionization), or a gadget you can plug in anywhere in the house to awaken your electronics and unleash hidden goodness.  The unfortunate truth is that the power supply in the electronics will convert the AC to a DC rail voltage (or voltages) before getting to work making music.  If it is a good power supply, nothing will survive the filtering and your gadget will allow the placebo effect to bask you in the warmth of $300 burning while doing no actual harm.  Looking at some of AddPowr's higher end products, they are willing to help you burn up to almost $4,000 on a box that simply plugs into an available outlet. Imagine the warmth created by that!
ladickinson
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He raises his voice when he should reinforce his argument.
ladickinson
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"Generally, audio power supplies do not filter noise under 40 kHz, no?
You can put all the LRCs you want on a DC power supply and as many farads as you want. I will say that you will not find many supplies filtering under 20 Hz."

My goodness. Setting aside for a minute the absurd contention that injecting a low frequency AC harmonic that transmits through the supply is somehow helpful, from where comes the learning that a power supply cannot filter low frequencies? The first stage of the supply is a full wave rectifier - either a four diode bridge, or two diodes with a center-tapped transformer. The bridge does not care the frequency. When the voltage is positive relative to its bias, it conducts. When negative, it does not. It will rectify a 1 Hz sine wave just as happily as a 60 Hz sine wave. This is my last comment on this as the futility is obvious. P.T. Barnum was a smart man. If I were to spend money on Add-Powr, I would think it more beneficial to buy the company’s stock than its product.
ladickinson
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The only interesting thing I noticed from the link is that if you clicked on the "Read Less" hyperlink, a lot of the BS would go away.

"Game changing tweak" is oxymoronic, or maybe just ordinary moronic.  Some hobbies attract Kool-aid drinkers more than others.  Audio is the top of the heap.  Imagine trying to sell something like this to an amateur radio operator.  You couldn't get a vial of snake oil into a ham shack, even with a "free returns" policy - because they understand the technology.    He'll hook the power line up to an oscilloscope and SEE if it makes a difference.  You won't sell him magic liquid to rub on his antenna coax; a mat or little pointy things to set his RF amp on;  or a mic cable that will make his signal punch harder.  Maplewood, crystals, or random weights to set about?  The market would be zero.

I think I'll just change the frequency, Kenneth.

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