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Garth Powell on Why Audioquest does not make AC Regenerators

Interesting interview from a couple weeks ago with Garth Powell of Audioquest who seriously decries the use of AC regenerators with a detailed argument. I’m not qualified to affirm or rebut that argument, but since people debate "conditioners vs. regenerators" here, I’m passing it along for your inspection.

https://youtu.be/bXRehON7SlM

Notice that he doesn't mention ps audio and that ps audio defends its regenerators (as exempt from Garth's critique) in the comments. Not sure how many other regenerators out there beyond ps audio. 
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A regenerator is a rectifier that feeds an inverter with a lot of capacitance in between. Many companies make rectifiers and many make inverters. 

Any regenerator can be matched by most full sine wave battery power stations available on the market today … for a fraction of the cost. The difference going from filtered mains to battery was nothing short of dramatic.







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