try a look at quantum products, i've read good reviews. no heat either, i wouldn't think.
Power accessories suggestions?
I recently acquired a PS Audio pair, HCA-2 and PCA-2. I like this combo quite well, and really don't have much to pick about re the sound. It is articulate, powerful, detailed and quite musical. But if I WERE to pick and find areas for improvement, I would want to lower the noise floor (not bad as it is... I can crank it to full volume with a cd on pause and need to be within 2 feet of the speaker to hear anything, bt not sure if this is all there is to the noise floor issue). Also wouldn't mind a bit more soundstage, both depth and width.
Not wanting to tinker with the mainstream components, which seem to have found synergy with one another, I am thinking about power conditioning and related stuff. As I do not have surge protection, this would be a good thing to do. I have a dedicated 20 amp line with the usual two-outlet receptacle.
I guess I am fortunate regarding RFI, etc, as I have never had a hum, ground loop, etc (well, once, long ago, but it was the fault of the preamp), so correcting for this is not a need.
I would like to avoid heat-generating components here in the South, so something like a P300/500 is something I would look at as a last resort. Budget is also an issue, desired is under $1K new or used.
A couple of candidates that are in my mind are PS Audio's own Power Director 3.5, and the Blue Circle MR1200 Music Ring. I guess the BC provides balanced power; how good/needed is this? Kal Rubinson recently mini-reviewed the 3.5 and seemed to like it, citing aliveness and openness as added qualities with its use. And one can always use more openness.
Any suggestions?
Not wanting to tinker with the mainstream components, which seem to have found synergy with one another, I am thinking about power conditioning and related stuff. As I do not have surge protection, this would be a good thing to do. I have a dedicated 20 amp line with the usual two-outlet receptacle.
I guess I am fortunate regarding RFI, etc, as I have never had a hum, ground loop, etc (well, once, long ago, but it was the fault of the preamp), so correcting for this is not a need.
I would like to avoid heat-generating components here in the South, so something like a P300/500 is something I would look at as a last resort. Budget is also an issue, desired is under $1K new or used.
A couple of candidates that are in my mind are PS Audio's own Power Director 3.5, and the Blue Circle MR1200 Music Ring. I guess the BC provides balanced power; how good/needed is this? Kal Rubinson recently mini-reviewed the 3.5 and seemed to like it, citing aliveness and openness as added qualities with its use. And one can always use more openness.
Any suggestions?
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