I had the QSA red/black plug for a demo and honestly, I was not impressed. At least with my equipment. YMMV.
Now, I also am trying out the Fuse Box on my amps.
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I have 7 Purons. 2 are on each dedicated line and another where my modem/ether Regen plugs in. I have tried 3 on a dedicated line and I thought it bleached the music too much. But try it, you never know.
I used the QSA red/black plug at the wall outlet that Mike (Tweekgeek) let me try on my Dragon power cord that connects up to my Niagara 7000.
First off just looking at the cheapo QSA plug attached to my very expensive Dragon power cord was a little unsettling. But I would have kept it if it impressed me. But it didn’t. I couldn’t tell any improvement with it all. Now it could be because I was using it in front of my power conditioner.
It’s good that Mike will let you try it. Again, you just never know.
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tksteingraber,
I have 3 separate dedicated lines.
- Main system
- subwoofers
- video.
So, I am using two Puron’s on each line. Yes 2 are better than 1, sorry.
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Imagine the large gauge wire we run to our systems. Then we use large gauge power cords to connect the items to the power supply.
Then all of this goes through a tiny hairlike fuse wire. Bypassing this bottleneck has got to improve the signal/power transfer.
After a few more days I will post my results. I am expecting big things!
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nasaman,
I just got a couple for my mono blocks.
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I don't think SR was using the same item.
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sgordon1,
What improvements do you find with the copper sleeve over the Puron?
BTW, way back when, I started the thread on Audiogon about placing a copper sleeve over the power cord IEC. At that time, it seemed to increase detail. I have since gone to using much better power cords.
Here is that thread.
Audiogon Discussion Forum
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Interesting. I may give it a try, if I can find those copper couplings...
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joenies,
I am surprised. May I make one suggestion? Try it without your MIT Z bar. I had a MIT Z super duplex outlet and found it to compress the dynamics too much. The Puron may have pushed it too far in that direction.
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sgordon1,
Well, I did place a 1 1/2" copper coupling over the Puron and it may have made a difference, especially in image detail. But like anything in this hobby, it may take a while to decide.
I will try it on my video tonight.
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joenies,
Try plugging the Puron into the wall outlet directly in the same outlet your system is plugged into. Not into any type of conditioner and if you can, not into an outlet strip.
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So, an update to my last update.
I no longer think the copper sleeves are a positive with the Puron. It seemed like it was at first, but I have changed my mind.
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I’m still so very much impressed with the Puron’s with my Audio and Video equipment. Even my wife noticed the improvement in the picture quality! (And for her to comment, that is really something,)
Best value for the dollar for the amount of improvement to be achieved today!
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Through all these years my wife has never really been impressed with my audio or video system. She will say, " It always sounds the same, when will you be done with all of this?"... sigh!
But for her to notice the video improvement, that really says something.
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joenies,
I commend you for sticking to it. I know what you mean about playing the same music over and over, it can get old fast.
I also agree that most power conditioners due more harm than good. Except the Niagara 7000 even when used with my mono amps there is a big improvement.
But originally, I did not like the Puron’s plugged directly into the Niagara. Perhaps I didn’t give them enough of a chance, so I am going to try it again.
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Just ordered another 3 Puron’s.
This will now provide me with 3 per dedicated line and one more in my router/modem/Uptone Regen/ AfterDark clock/ linear power supply room.
I will still be using these outside of my AudioQuest Power conditioners.
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nasaman,
Why do you say that?
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thyname,
When I ran dedicated lines each one is terminated with 3 Furutech NCF outlets. I also have found a device on Amazon that can double the outlets that can be used. It’s called CyberPower GC201 6" Heavy Duty Extension Cord. Keeps things tidy looking.
It’s About $3.
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So today I now have 3 Puron’s on each of my dedicated lines.
When I connected up the 3rd Puron to my main system which shares the outlets with my Niagara 7000 which provides power to my Lumin X1 and my tube mono blocks the sound kinda shifted to a much wider but bass deficient sound.
My sub-woofers (4) were plugged into a separate dedicated line via a couple Niagara 1200’s and at this time only had 2 Puron’s.
Hmmn, but once I inserted the 3rd Puron into that line everything locked back into place. So, each of these Puron’s are quite dynamic and when using them with a few dedicated lines like I am using, it is very important to balance them out with equal Puron’s.
BTW, 3 Puron’s per each dedicated line is better than two. Much deeper, wider, more articulate sound and overall, a greater enjoyment to my system.
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Not sure I am understanding your post.
Are you saying that you are adding a SR HFT onto the end of the Puron?
If so, I have tried it and it didn’t seem to do anything. I have some of the SR tuning dots and I may try one on the ends.
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These Puron’s are really something!
On my video dedicated line I have 3 Puron’s. Yesterday I watched the Terminator Blu ray on my Oppo 205. What amazing picture quality! There is a close-up scene on Kyle Reese face, on his chin he has a scar, but now this scar looks like a stick-on scar or a leech.
Anyway, the Puron’s really bring out the image quality.
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Glad I could help spend your money! LOL!
I now have 10 of them. 3 on each dedicated line and one more in my computer/modem/ether Regen room.
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recklesskelly,
Stick in this hobby long enough and you will be a convert.
Yeah, it does sound kinda crazy but each addition did add more to the sound quality. I also noted that since I have my sub woofers on a different dedicated line than my main system, the amount of Puron’s on each line needed to be the same. Otherwise, there was too little or more bass...
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sbayne,
What do you think of the SR Black Box? I have heard good and bad things.
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rsf507,
I tried and ended up buying a Telos Mini Quantum Resonator. Seems like a lot of names..
Anyway, at this time I did not like the effect it had on my main dedicated line. It seemed to make everything more one dimensional and reduced the "air".
I did however find it worked pretty good with my modem/router/etherRegen/After Hours clock/power supply room. This room is away from my main system and on a different circuit. It seemed to add that extra filtering that improved the streaming sound quality.
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rsf507,
I guess having a trial or return privileges to check out if it works with our equipment is a good thing. As they say YMMV.
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I got a demo unit from SOS and then eventually purchased one from a dealer on Audio Mart called DLE design.
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