I bought a Goal Zero Yeti 500X earlier this year, to try it on my DAC and streamer in place of my balanced power conditioner. It did give me a very "dark and quiet" background to the soundstage, but it squashed the dynamics and transient attack of the music in my system in a big way. I'll keep it handy for camping trips and hurricanes!
Goal Zero Yeti 500
Hey Goner’s,
I’ve finally decided to stop buying anything else until I purchase a Goal Zero Yeti for my ESL’s and my front end components. There was an audiophile article written in around 2018 about how effective this generator is. Fortunately my ASR power amp runs on two power supplies and a battery so all that I’ll be plugging in will be my Ayre QB9 Twenty, Bryston BDP 3, Two Quad 2905’s, ASR Mini Basis and Thorens TD160. There are only two receptacles in this unit so I’ll either use a general heavy duty power strip or a passive PS Audio Line Conditioner. I still plan on using the Akiko Audio products that I purchased over the years. The Yeti advertises that it is a sine wave perfect device and it sure makes more sense to me to buy one of these generators for $500.00 than spend crazy money on an expensive line conditioner. Has anyone tried one of these sine wave battery powered generators? Does anyone have insight about using this product? Thanks!