Is balanced mains possible without the sacrifice of having an isolation transformer along the line adding unwanted impedance? This might be a stupid question and I suspect the answer is “no”, as where would you take the center tap gnd reference from? I would someday love to have the benefits of ba…

Does the Decware product have a balanced bifilar toroidal transformer? Bifilar toroidals weigh nearly twice as much as an equivalent toroidal. From the Plitron website: [image] Power Conditioning Power Conditioning refers to restoration of a 60 (or 50) Hz fundamental power wave by remo…

I honestly don’t know, but can tell you that the transformer is large and very heavy. Here’s a picture from the product page: [image] If you would like to inquire you may get an answer from the designer here: steve@zenamps.com

Thanks for the photo! I’ll be reaching out to ask the manufacturer. As well as to PS Audio. I’ve done some research using the key words “balanced power”, “toroidal”, etc. but the posts on this PS Audio forum / threads seem quite fragmented, and I can’t seem to find anyone with P10/12/15/20s havin…

I have plugged my P10 into the Decware unit. I believe there was a subtle improvement doing so, but it wasn’t significant enough for me to eithe repurpose the Decware unit from my headphone system or to warrant purchasing another so that I could have one in both systems. I’m lucky here in that I liv…

For many years I tried to get a good sound at a low cost. I couldn’t afford big expenses and as an electronics engineer I wanted to do something myself. I have assembled several amplifiers and several loudspeakers. I remember a huge improvement in the sound when I coiled the crossover coils with sil…

[image] Arenith: Equitech’s transformers are apparently far too minuscule to allow for proper high-current delivery. How big a transformer do I need to not strain a P3 Regenerator driving a high-current amp, for example? What is this assessment based on? Especially in comparison to a P3’s rat…

Lon, there is a similar discussion going on over at WBF about whether and how to connect a regenerator with a balanced isolation transformer. Thanks for posting the Decware IT link info above. I did not know Steve had ventured into this arena, though he has always been concerned about power quality.…

Was that already in your brain? You, sir, are a pisser.

Palerider, FWIW: Your question is quite appropriate based on my experience. My Equicore 1800 (recent Underwood model) is “feeding” my 200 watt amp (plus 65" tv, plus all remaining audio kit) to maximum reasonable current demands with excellent results…quite improved over previous wall outlet to vin…

Balanced AC possible without isolation transformer?

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John_H May 23, 2020, 2:53am 25

I have two P20s and was wondering whether it would be OK to connect balanced toroidal isolation transformers between the P20 and a source component. Please post your comments, if any - thanks!

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