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Anyone try APC's conditioner?

We use a lot of APC's (Advanced Power Conversion) heavy duty battery backups and power conditioners at work. 3000 VA jobs that output a pure sine wave during battery delivery. I've always thought they would probably be able to make a decent conditioner for audio use. I've seen ads in the last couple of audio rags indicating this has finally happened. Does anyone know anything about these units?
tonyptony
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kr4
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Expecting one in about 2 weeks.

Kal
tonyptony OP
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I'll be very curious to get your read your thoughts on this, Kal. I think I'm going to call APC tomorrow and ask them if there's really anything specially designed in these audio-targeted products of theirs. At work we occasionally disposition stuff, and I think I can get my hands on one of the pure sine wave 3000 VA jobs. Of course, I'll have to put in a 20 amp line to use it, but if I can get it, it might be worth it!
cytocycle
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I have used APC Smart 600 and 1000 and 1250 and Triplight LC1800 conditioners on my system and it was the most congested/limited dynamics and noisy system I have ever heard.. Computer conditioners sounded aweful no matter how successful they are at maintaining voltage or conditioning through a battery.
tonyptony OP
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I wonder why that is? And what APC will do to their audio series to eliminate that?
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