What is the name of Mr Lim's shop?

If that RM500 conditioner is indeed the Bada LB-5500 then I might go check it out.

Thanks.

How much is the Duet?

Is the e2saver a power conditioner? From reading about it, seems more like some kind of power factor correction device trying to reduce your electricity bills. Does it also clean or condition the power?

Any local distributor for the Furman power conditioners?

Just got quoted RM1,290 for the PS Audio Duet.

Look what I got in to try...



It's the PS Audio Duet Power Center, which I decided to try based on the good reviews on the Net. Of course another factor is that I could loan it from the friendly chaps at A&L. With others like the Bada, Tacima, etc I would have to buy first.



The Duet has 4 outlets (all US style) configured into 2 zones (2 plugs per zone). Each zone is isolated from the other to prevent cross contamination from plugged in equipment. I like this feature because I read that if there are no zones and you plug several components into a conditioner they can cross contaminate each other. Also, the Duet says it does not restrict current so you can plug stuff like amps, AVRs into any socket.

From the Duet to your power point, a standard IEC power cable is included. However, I used the 'white snake' instead.



So, I plugged in my AVR into Zone 1 and my blu ray player into Zone 2. This is what PS Audio recommends (i.e. separate the digital and analogue components).

Then I spent about 1-2 hours listening to Michael Buble and watched a bit of Kung Fu Panda. What was immediately noticeable was slightly better bass, by better I don't mean more bass but cleaner and more accurate bass. After some more listening I also heard more detail, this was quite apparent on Kung Fu Panda where I heard more subtle sounds and surround effects compared to before. For the Michael Buble concert I also had a greater sense of the ambience or space of the hall.

So my initial impression of the Duet is very positive, though I will spend more time with other movies to see if my opinion changes.

This post has been edited by jchong: Aug 26 2009, 11:21 AM

A&L quoted me RM1,290.

Not yet. Didn't have time to drop by, will try his shop another week.

As far as I know, power conditioner only. No voltage regulation.

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Added on August 26, 2009, 3:50 pmBeen doing some more googling. Seems most products for HT use are power conditioners; if you want to add in the function of voltage regulation then those are the high end models which are very expensive.

On the other hand, voltage regulators for PC use are much cheaper (like those from APC). But many don't do power conditioning.

This post has been edited by jchong: Aug 26 2009, 03:50 PM

Can always re-terminate with US plug what... like Furutech, Wattgate...

Seong, Duet available in UK plug meh? I thought only Quintet has UK plug version (but only 5 instead of 10 in the US version).

dopp, how much is that and where did you buy it from?

Quite cheap. Around the same price as the Tacima.

Recently I was informed about a type of power conditioner which uses an isolation transformer. Apparently it is a higher end type of conditioner which adds an isolation transformer to do superior noise filtering, surge suppression, etc.

As a result, this type of conditioner is bigger and heavier than those which look like a power strip.

Anybody heard of this type before?