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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Viber,

You are a rehasher......you restate what others say but add your own "color commentary". You quote me above and then you rehash it again....but again you cannot get it right. I did not say "a larger inverter would sound better" What I said was ’I would think......and probably"..... Maybe you cannot read? Or do you just like drama? Again, I don’t know nothing. Does a larger inverter have lower output impedance? I do not know. Does a larger inverter have a larger power supply? I would GUESS it would. Stop making things up!

You can buy cheap AGM battery to try (with refund capability). You can buy Renogy LifePo4 batteries through Home Depot.....and I (THINK....MAYBE...YOU BETTER CHECK) they have return policy......you can build your own LifePo4 batteries real cheap......lots of alternatives.....if you really just want to dip you toes in the water.

Guys.......regenerators and balanced power compared to a great sounding inverter is like racing a model T against a Tesla.  But you will have to try the 5000 watt Giandel to know.  You know nothing without listening.  You have invested in the past.....now it is time to listen to the future.......which is now.....always now.  What you did before does not make it great NOW.

@ricevs , while I agree with you about Viber, are you not doing exactly the same ?  You have not done this testing on your own but are just repeating what your friend has told you. I think you have tested Goal Zero but not evident you have tested anything else.

 

No one has A/Bed inverters that I know of except my friend who said the Ecoflow Pro beat the Goal Zero Yeti 3000 and both where trounced big time by the 5000 watt Giandel. That is all I know. We are in new territory here.....this is why I suggested you or someone buy both the large and small Giandel, the Bluetti and have a comparison party. You could A/B cheaper heavy AGM batteries with LifePo4 batteries, as well.

 

I personally would go for the Giandel because my friend (who has an $80K super revealing tweako system using super modified Apogee speakers) is the one that tested the inverters......he has great ears.....

Why don’t you become the Inverter tester for the world. .........

You can afford it. I bet you have that much on a credit card (maybe $4500 total?). Whatever you do not like, you return for a refund. I would do this.....but I have no credit/money......

 

What is theaudioamp man about? Do you want people to get better sound? What is your shtick? What components have you heard recently that have made your stereo sound better? Will you help us? Do you want to help us? I (and some others here) want better sound....what do you want?

@ricevs you seem to be attacking people, but from a position of weakness. Your contribution has been to report what other people hear. I reported what a Tesla Powerwall sounded like, it my house, with my system (seeing as I have one for backup and solar). I also try to help people understand how audio equipment works. In a "field" so laden with misinformation it is easy to get led astray by people who know only slightly more than the person asking or worse know less but think they know more.

What you think of as an "attack" is simply holding the mirror up to you.

You reported that you heard no difference between the powerwall and the wall AC......and you also stated that all inverters sound the same. Anotherwords, you have contributed nothing. How does what you say help anyone get better sound? I have also listened to an inverter.......I am using a Goal Zero Yeti 400 on my system right now and it improves the sound......but since my friend had a Goal Zero and then went to the better sounding Ecoflo Pro and then to the way, way, way better sounding Giandel system.....I know my Goal Zero is yesterdays paper.

What really matters is when others try the Giandel system and report back.....Nothing you or I SAY can improve the sound of someones stereo......but what I shared might certainly lead to that, if someone trys it. What do you recommend for better sounding AC? Nothing? It is all perfect?

When you say "help others to understand how audio works".......this is all in context to your belief that it is nothing but measurements are meaningful. What really matters is how something sounds. Can you help them get better sound? Or just tell them how it works.....according to your belief?

Audio, for me is not about belief......it is about BE and LIVE. You experience sound.....you experiene music......it is not about some opionion of what matters or does not matter.......the ear KNOWS.....the heart KNOWS.......the small brain just thinks it knows......but it really knows nothing of significance, if it is not open to BE and LIVE.......Do you think joy and love and peace and beauty? Yes, thoughts of these can leade to those states.......but really what you want to do is to FEEL joy and love and peace and beauty. Will you let yourself FEEL? As the saying goes......Would you rather be right.....or LOVING? You choose, every second.