Using battery power to go off the City's power grid


I'm using a Bluetti AC200MAX 2,200 watt expandable power station to take my system off the city's power grid.  It runs off a lithium ion phosphate battery with a 4,800 watt pure sine wave inverter. My total system only takes about 450 watts so I have never heard the fan kick on - it is totally silent. The music comes from a completely black background, with a huge soundstage that sounds very natural. I know that Ric Schultz has talked about these types of setups and there is a very expensive Stromtank battery system that is marketed to audiophiles. Anyone else tried this type of setup in their audio system?

Here is a link to a review:

 

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I read this whole thread, but I don't remember any talk about people swapping out fuses in their Giandel inverters for audiophile grade fuses. Anyone think this could have a positive benefit? 

@khbaur330162 How do you like it after some extended time?

For a short while I ran my power cables off the inverter/battery directly and I used very expensive noise reducing Shunyata power cables on the DAC and amp. The music sounded great but it wasn't as good as I knew it could be.  I had heard better from my system. I sold the very expensive Shunyata power cables and I went back to using a power conditioner with the inverter/battery.

Are you using a conditioner and aftermarket power cables?  I find them very beneficial even with an inverter/battery system. 

@sirnui It’s still good. I haven’t actually done much a/b comparisons, tbh, just letting the music flow lately, and honestly I’ve been using different headphones than what I’m used to for past week or so, so hard to tell. I did do a blind a/b test with my father, I let him hear A) wall power, then B) battery power, then a random power source A or B and he tried to discern which power source it was. Results were inconclusive, but he swore that wall power sounded more digital and battery power sounded more analogue, that was the basis of most of his statements.

One day recently my battery wasn’t used much so I didn’t charge it overnight, I left my DAC idling at about 20W all night and the next day I used the rig a bit. Well the battery died, I had to use wall power for the first time in a while and it sounded pretty good, but was a bit grungy sounding to me, like the signal was muddled with noise, less realistic. As soon as I got back to battery power it seemed more clear and bold with better attack.

The Giandel is good, it takes my rig to that next level where I’ve yet to feel the upgradeitis condition. Just sounds good.

I do NOT have any type of power conditioner after the inverter. I do have some aftermarket power cables, but they are DIY. Basically the build is AudioQuest Mistral bulk wire with Rhodium plated Viborg connectors for male and female. They made a small difference in the sound for me, more for ease of mind than anything else.

This thread moved me to buy the bluetti ac200max so I want to share my experience with the Bluetti.  

I have two audio setups and one of them is using the klipschorns. Because they are very sensitive I could hear the hissing noise coming out of them just as I turn on the amp ...but not each time...mostly on daytime, I discovered. After some reading I bought the EMI meter to check the interference on the wall AC. This small device does two things: expresses the noise in number (mV) and magnifies it through the built-in speaker. (Different one than used in this thread). In daytime my interference was around 1400mV and in the evening around 100mV especially when the airconditioning and some light dimmers are turn off. 
So I ended up listening my music in the dark :) ... only in the evening because it sounded totally different then during the daytime.  The sound came from a very black background with better bass and no fatigue on the highs...and almost no hissing from the klipschorns when the amp turns on. Wow. So I understood I had AC problem and I wanted a solution for daytime listening too.

I came across this thread and bought the bluetti ac200max immediately. I liked that better then other ac filtering solutions. 

This is the case when I plug the EMI measuring device into the bluetti:
- the interference measured in mV is sky high: more 1500vM 😬 
- But the build-in speaker is very quiet 😯 🤔?!! Actually it produces very high pitched noise that is much and much less audible because of its height I think. First time I see the numbers don't match the noise from this little speaker on the EMI meter.

What does that to the sound quality? 
With bluetti it is definitely better then the wall socket when using it on daytime. But it's very difficult to say if that is the case when comparing it to nighttime listening when the interference on the line is very low. I just did 10 times A/B comparison with and without bluetti. Score on the grid line was 140mV. This is where my setup comes alive. Maybe it is even better then with the bluetti. But the difference is very small. But I don't have to pull a lot of devices from the socket and be sitting in dark :) So i think it's a keeper. 

Ps I'm using it in Europe. 220 volts. 60hz. 

I've personally doubled down on battery/inverter power. I just bought a Shunyata Venom V16 power conditioner and a Giandel 2000W pure sine wave inverter.  All of my digital components will go to this new inverter/conditioner and the analog components will stay withe the Giandel 5000W inverter with the Shunyata Denali V2.  The idea here is to keep all of the dirty digital garbage on its own "dedicated line" and away from the analog components like the amps.  I plan to stay with one battery to power both inverters.  I'm not going to back to wall outlets any time soon. I know too much.