I use a Rowland amp with battery and a Levinson preamp that regenerates the AC. I'm adding an Exact Power any day now plus I also use an input transformer between preamp and CD player. Sound is great as is, we'll see what happens when I put the EP in. I once used a TrippLite UPS with pure sine wave output and after taking it out, felt that the system opened up again. Plus the computer device while hefty buzzed and I'm convinced it put more hash into the line. Try an input transformer, you might be surprised. It kills noise coming from interchassis leakage. I found the bass to improve and the noise floor to drop noticeably. I like Q-Audio but you can also try Jensen IsoMax from Markertek. For a bit over 100 bucks it may be the best tweak most people are afraid to try (as in input transformers are bad for some reason). I don't think a battery to power a whole system is feasible but maybe you can get a generator and then filter it. Make your own dedicated line. Home Depot has all sorts of models for $200-1000. The smell of gas and the lawn mower noise may drown out your system, though.
Has anyone used a full-system battery power supply?
It seems to me that the biggest problem in most high quality hi-fi systems is dirty power. My AC power in Vermont is weak and dirty. Has anyone ever heard of a massive battery power supply that could provide power to a whole system? Rowland uses them, and there are some newer phono preamps that use them. I am not very technical, so I don't even know if this is technicially possible. I have owned a PS Audio P300, and I didn't feel that it gave me $1200 of improvement. I also owned a Custom Power Cord Co. power conditioner and heard no real improvement--just minor differences. I owned a battery powered Camelot phono stage which was great until it crapped out in two weeks and I had to return it. Any thoughts on this mega-battery power supply?
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