this is my first "full" power conditioner. I resisted getting one for all these years because I thought it was too close to snake oil. It's a huge improvement over the balanced isolation transformer I was using. All the usual improvements people cite from improving power are there.. much blacker background, sense of ease and lack of listening fatigue.. the equipment just seems to work better.. monoblock amps seem more dynamic with less compression affecting dynamic peaks in the music. I'm incredibly happy with it. Build quality is great too, the chassis is solid as a rock and sockets are all perfectly mounted, the faceplate is beautifully cnc'ed with horizontal ridges. even the blue led is noticeably dimmed to prevent annoyance. A really great product. You can tell they spent a lot of time on it. appearance is super polished and beautiful. all my other gear is black but the silver tai hang is so pretty I don't mind it standing out on my shelf
Vinshine X Collaboration with Kinki Studio, TheTai Hang power enhancer
What a surprise after installing the Taihang in my system,, in a word, amazing. Stage depth clarity was amoung one of the first things I notice. My system consists of tubes pre and power amps, with a digital and analog front end. Tubes as we know exhibit a second harmonic noise distortion which is a given and something we live with as it’s our perception as being more musical. Dirty power can add more nastiness to this by way of unfiltered AC. With the addition of the Taihang it has made all the background information much more clearer. My speakers are fairly high resolving so was able to take advantage of this additional gain the Taihang give me. Leading edges from instruments started and stopped more precisely still retaining musicality. Black background noise seemed non existent as we like saying but in this case it really does without straining to not hear. So clean power can do all this, seems to be! Also will mention as in some cases experienced with power amps, I sensed no loss in dynamics or compression which is one of the biggest concerns when implementing such products. This in my first day of listening. So again I’ll go back to my original statement, amazing! Alvin’s collaboration as he calls it, has some magic inside this beautifully crafted box.
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Every dc blockers and balanced transformers I ever used suppresses transients and dynamics, particularly with amplifiers. So all the reports saying this device not doing that is exciting. A foil inductor for power conditioning? Very interesting. @alvin1118 going by internal pictures you are doing a stage of filtering for each 2 outlet receptacle? This means adding a third receptacle (to get 6 outlets) would be difficult? Perhaps you could make the boards modular and have them in the chassis sideways, so the Tai Hang could have 4/6/8 outlet versions? |
Great write-up. I purchased 2 units, one dedicated to my mono tube amplifers and the other for my preamp and music streamer/dac. The background noise is now lower, dynamics feel more unrestricted, and generally there's a noticeable improvement in sound quality. In the past, I was restructed in not being able to use power conditioners with my tube amps as they made the amps not sound as open and dynamic. Not the case with the Tai Hang units. Well engineered and thought out. I also admire the build quality, and look of the units. Well done and all for a fraction of the expected price. |
Hi everyone. Just got my unit in the US yesterday and so far seems I wasn't hit with tariff 🤞 although I heard its like taxes in that you can be chased for it at a later date...
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