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.
But we must remember that the bandwagon is not a unique and only one bandwagon...
There is the S.G. bandwagon for example or the springs bandwagon on one side, and on the other side the " sunday boy club skeptic and scientism bandwagon"...
«All people saying that springs are right must be right i will try some...» This the first bandwagon....
«All these people saying that springs is non sense because of science and snake oil must be right i will never try some... »This is the second bandwagon...
Mapping logical fallacies are very useful like mapping the signposts on a road...
But on the road of thinking and experimenting, the signposts are not the road.....
then i will add the more insidious fallacy: " the map is not the territory"
This one was lacking in this excellent list otherwise...
By the way my last device is the most powerful ever created by me 3 days ago...
I will speak about in my thread...
I mention it here because i had the idea reading a japanese research paper in audio.... Pure science then... And i discover that no one speaking in the tread i was reading about imaging know "precisely" how to create it in a room...They were only arguing partial truths....
My device make me able to do it on the spot and i can explain why with acoustic science...
Cost: peanuts....
i am too flabbergasted for the moment to speak more.... I will wait few days...
I think i am done now with adding anything to my system or room....
The sound fill my room and even behind my head sometimes.... I never know before that a stereo system done right could did that....
Calling my device a "tweak" is insulting....
I called my device : "Helmholtz meeting the first frontwave" the name describe it accurately....
This is GAME CHANGING....
I must thank audio2design for that, it is in my research on the net arguing with him about the "imaging" concept he dont understand that i stumble on this and i immediately seize in the article what was lacking in my own understanding and in audio2design own understanding much more than in mine... 😁
I created the device for veryfying the japanese research .... My device is NOT in the article paper....
I am in heaven now listening music for the first time in my life.....
Every week, new advances in science and technology occur. New meta materials and processes are discovered that will wend there way into audio products. Here's one such process that may have some use for us: "
Porous nanostructured microspheres with the composition Cu0.4Zn0.6Fe2O4, that we have extracted, used as anode material provide three times higher capacity than the batteries existing on market. Besides, it allows for an increase in the number of charge-discharge cycles by 5 times compared to other promising alternatives to graphite." This deposition process will improve lithium -ion batteries, but imagine what it might offer when applied to audio electronics. The possibilities are without limit...
If I showed you what all is in my system, what it looks like and how it works, you would think it is pure BS. Then when you hear it probably your mind will be unable to make the connection that such seemingly impossible contraptions really are the reason for the incomprehensibly good sound you are hearing. But they are. And no I cannot tell you what or how. Not yet. But with the new meta nano materials research you are kinda sorta onto something.
I NEVER dismiss anything out of hand, because I've experienced too much that defies comprehension with a conventional perspective. The backbone of this country was its backyard tinkerers, so I hope one day you can divulge your successes. Hearing music at its pinnacle is a great privilege and pleasure.
Of the two extremist groups in our hobby, the snake oil salesmen do contribute as they stumble upon a tweak that actually works every so often. Other than annoying the rest of us, naysayers never contribute anything to audio. I’d much rather be auditioning some weird & wonderful tweak even if it doesn’t work, than be listening to a self obsessed blowhard telling me why something won’t work because he doesn’t understand the science behind it.
Not surprisingly, I have never heard a naysayer’s system sound anything but crap.
Effect on tonality? I like a bit of warmth in my system and so far the (used) Furutech NCF Clean Line has added lots of focus, clarity, stage width and quiet but stripped the system of any warmth. (Emotionally) sterile is the word that keeps coming to mind. So I'm wondering about the Electraclear in that regard. And anyone know the difference between the Eau2 and Eau4?
Note: Naysayers, please do not respond. I'm not interested in your opinion.
Eau4 has twice the antennae and therefore a larger field. AddPowr is not stripping away anything. I got both Furutech and add powr. I use the Furutech on my Isotek vision power scrubber and the Eau2 on the router. Try the Furutech on the router maybe. Eau2 or Eau4 work.
For a 10 plug-in comparison, go to "Live plug-in filter test" at YouTube. Doesn't include Electraclear, Puron or Stein, but many others available in the U.S. Disturbing result with Clear Line (no. 7 in the test and measurements at the end).
+1 for the Eau4! Bought one initially for my OLED TV to see if it made any differences(s) and indeed it did. After about 10-12 days, better color saturation and darker blacks. What I dd not expect however, was the impact it had on my stereo system which is on a separate line but fairly close to my TV.
My system became quieter, especially in phono mode. I was so intrigued that I ordered a second one and plugged it into an outlet with my stereo and the noise floor was further lowered to a level that I can no longer detect any noise. Prior to inserting these devices, I could always detect a very slight hum in phono mode (behind my speakers) when I stopped playing a record. With my system off, the hum would disappear. Now, I can't hear any difference in the hum level when my system is on or off. Color me most impressed!
With the reduced noise levels, my stereo sounds more dynamic, has improved imaging and sounds a bit warmer since I am more aware (in a good way) of the tubes in my system.
The company offers a 30-day return policy, so you really don't have anything to lose, except for the time and effort it would take to actually audition the device...before passing judgement. I realize that for some, the later comes much easier.
I’m the OP of this thread. Congratulations on thinking for yourself and trusting your own ears. You’ve corroborated my own experience that AddPowr’s products are a powerful addition to ANY audio system. I also wrote a follow-up about plugging them into an isolation transformer along with a power conditioner so that every component downstream of the isolation transformer is treated to the same miraculous improvement. My ElectraClears were the original iteration of the technology and your Eau4’s are a doubling of the ElectraClear’s effect, so you did well.
Why this obsession with the seemingly infinite ways to improve one’s system?
Psychologically, I’m creating a private cocoon of aural pleasure that blocks the incessant and irritating intrusion of the outside world. A great sound system is an aural womb, and harkens back to the most perfect and accommodating environment one has ever known- floating in a bath of amniotic fluid. AddPowr’s devices bring you back there.
All this arguing back and forth and it can simply be verified with a scope hooked into the 120VAC line. Look at the scope after plugging the 300 dollar unit in and measure what the difference is.
Report back. Heck, why won't the manufacture do this and use it for their advertisements? It would stop all of the uncertainty and increase sales if there really was a quantifiable improvement.
“I’m creating a private cocoon of aural pleasure that blocks the incessant and irritating intrusion of the outside world. A great sound system is an aural womb, and harkens back to the most perfect and accommodating environment one has ever known- floating in a bath of amniotic fluid. AddPowr’s devices bring you back there.”
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