I have had the ADD Powr Wizard in my system for a couple of weeks and I'm impressed


The audio writer's conundrum: How do you find the right words to describe sound? It's not easy. It's like trying to describe a color. You will get a sense of it but in order to really get it you have to hear it. We have all read many audio writer's attempts to do so with varying degrees of success. What does the writer wish to convey about how a particular component sounds? And more problematically, how does that get put into words?   Here is the bottom line for me- how strong is the emotional impact of the sound when I listen to the equipment? That is it. And of course that can not be separated from the companion question- How strong is the emotional impact of the music? One reason that this hobby is so amazing is that these questions are two sides of the same coin and complement each other beautifully. Collecting fine (and well recorded) music is a great hobby in and of itself. Couple it, however, with the equally enjoyable hobby of component swapping and tweeking and you have a match made in heaven. It's like what happened when John met Paul.
All of which brings me to this review of the ADD Powr Wizard. What I keep returning to over and over again with this thing plugged into a nearby outlet is how intense my emotional connection to the sound and the music is. To use a well worn audio writer cliche, It's like I'm listening to my collection for the first time and hearing things I never heard before. But it is so much more than that. It's not just that I am hearing more of what is on the record it is that I am hearing more of what the artists on the record are intending to create with their music. The ADD Wizard allows me to do this more completely than any other addition to my system over the last 10 years. It lets me fully relax into the music. With all my other tweeks, at least the good ones, the ones that work, I was able to get a better sense of space and detail each time I added one. The benefit of the Wizard is on a different plane than that. Yes it adds to the sense of space and detail in the sound, but it also creates a stronger impression about the music itself. It's a feeling of being one with the music. Hard to describe but very powerful!
You will have to read the literature to get a sense of what ADD Powr is doing with its algorithms and how they are being applied to the household electric circuit in order to filter out the audio nasties so that the music can come shining through in all its glory . That part of the review is way above my pay grade.  I would love to be able to understand that. But hey that's what makes tweeks so much fun. The fact that you may not understand the electronic or physics of it doesn't mean that you are not hearing amazing things from it. And in the case of the ADD Powr Wizard what I am hearing just makes me smile.
bradmorris1

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Congratulations, @bradmorris1   Your words beautifully communicate the essence of the ADD-Powr Wizard. 

Here's to (hear! hear!) your ongoing intense emotional connection "to the sound and the music."

@marc777 What you have shared has been reported by others also...positive performance upsides.

 

When i took metal top off to replace with plastic one my girlfriend and i noticed a marked improvement in stereo and also in electric keyboard she plays. Has anyone else tried or noticed this among yourselves yet? It is better by far without either top in my system.

@marc777 I meant ’outside of this thread’...out in the audio universe, far far beyond Audiogon. : )

@ozzy It is my understanding that it varies by system and placement. I’d reach out to Bill for a better understanding / application for your situation. I’ve chosen to keep the top on. I'll PM you.

I’ve deleted my previous post. After re-reading...it comes off different than I intended.

Here’s the second try: Happy to hear your outcome @marc777

i always play with top off and notice instantly when top is put on or taken off. The harmonics seem to bloom, beginning sooner and lasting longer. Addictive soul food.

@wisper   Congratulations on the terrific outcome for you and your system with the addition of the ADD-Powr Sorcer.  And thanks for sharing your impressions and results!!!
@stevepo Steve, give Bill a call and share your system, needs and budget. He doesn’t upsell and will match the one that fits best.