Audio Magic Stealth it is


Hey all you audiogoners,
A few weeks ago I posted some questions about line conditioners. Particularly the PS Audio 300 & 600, the Shunyata Hydra and some other stuff. Someone out there turned me on, only inferentially, with a product called the Audio Magic Stealth. Well I did lots of homework and wound up purchasing this little 2 pounder. I'll spare you all the ubiquitous, adjectival, stereo lingo; only to say this was the best purchase I made for my system in the past 6 years. I just wanted to take the time to thank you guys and gals for your input which led me to a tremendous sonic find. I hit PAYDIRT with this baby. Thanks again you music fools....
Best,
warren
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Audio Magic is now showing their new Matrix AC line conditioner at CES. I've been told that indeed it betters the Stealth. Sounds to me like a must-hear to audition. Lists for $3200 including an upgrade input cord.
Why are the specs so important? It's the sound that matters. Don't you think? My Stealth works beautifully in my system. I have owned this baby for 6 months (sounds like you think I'm looking to buy one, now) and have been very happy. Now the new ones are cryoed, so I'm already behind the eightball, and with their new one coming out, I'm not even on the pool table. Still, the Stealth does it for me, as yours, for you. Oh I love audiodom..
peace,
warren
When it comes to line conditioners, specs *are* important--especially because you are paying your hard earned money! Noise specs can be readily measured. The sound quality is important, of course, but one can have line conditioners which don't adversely affect the signal yet are pretty weak at doing their job. Examples:

1) These individual 'digital' conditioners made by the guy w/ the pony tail--just a capacitor, a strand of wires in parallel w/ a switch and then a $300 price tag--OUCH!

2) The AudioPrism Foundation II I asked for its specs. Being of a parallel design, it is very benign on the music. But when I asked for the specs the e-mail was never answered.

Warren, I though you were on the market for one--sorry! I hope you're now getting a better picture, though. I have been learning a lot (and experimenting with) about power filters--that's all. There is a good white paper you can download from the DeZorel website. It is titled Noise Basics and is a pretty good primer on noise filtration. It is written by my friend Dejan Veselinovic. Good stuff.

My big ONEAC transformer publishes specs and also filters (isolates w/ a big capacitor?) the ground--"Virtual Ground, TM" they call it. This is very important for tube gear.