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Adcom 515 verse Monster 3600 or 2600 power conditi

I owned a Monster 2500 power unit for years then sold it for a 3500 which gave up the ghost two days ago. I am looking at at 3600 and a 2600 but in the meantime my brother gave me a Adcom 515 he had laying around. From a sound stand point should I stay with the Adcom or go back to the Monster. I have heard it said the Adcom does not do much?? Thanks
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knghifi
1,668 posts
 
04-19-15: Qdrone
Look around the used market for a Tice Power Block and it's companion The Titan. I bought mine for 600 total and I'm very happy with it. You want to pick it up though shipping these behemoths is costly and they can easily be daged in shipping. The rubber grommets that hold the transformers get brittle from age and heat and if they are dropped can.Crack and them the transformer is jostled about damaging the innards. These are the ones that started the AC line enhancer market.
Are line conditioner similar to NOS tubes, the older the better? Why bother dealing with brittle, crack ... No Thanks!

I had a 515 and it's NOT very good to be kind.
qdrone
1,039 posts
 
I choose not to spend thousands on this so called new technology in line enhancers when I can get 90 per cent of the benifit of in a Tice. If you are not dragging around the 70 pound power block and it is just sitting where it is supposed to be dried out rubber cushions are no problem then do what it did massage them with vasiline and restore them or spend thousands on a line enhancer as good as the Tice. A power block with a Titan is a major improvment.I would rather put my money in lp's or another piece of equipment.
The improvement of a dedicated power line just for your stereo equipment is also an option. Call your power company.
raymonda
855 posts
 
A friend of mine once had a Tice Power Block and it did nothing........I mean that in the best way possible. :?)
qdrone
1,039 posts
 
Did he but it used? I have three,one doesn't work one was destroyed in shipping and the one I use which sounds awesome in my system with the Titan. When I hooked the Titan up to the power block which ran on its own for three years the Soundstage elevated in height at least 2 feet above my speakers. With just the power block things were more defined,the bass more extended space between instruments more defined.
qdrone
1,039 posts
 
The hope is between the the one that doesnt
work and the one destroyed in shipping I can
make one good one for my second system where I
use 2 adcom 515's. My cd player has Bybee
filters,really doesn't ND ac filteration.
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