+1 I have heard a few stories of attempts at using general purpose power supplies for audio equipment. It does not work. The kind of power needed for audio systems has extremely tight tolerances. When a product is made for the audio market it is purpose built from the ground up and ends up costing a 10x. This is why a good power conditioner runs over $5K. Incorporated in my streamer is a battery and charging system... part of the $22K price... I am not sure how to partition the cost... but it is definitely in the thousands.
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!