Power Core Technology 1800
The
day finally arrived, November 11, 2016. I was anxiously waiting for the arrival
of the UPS delivery truck and my long waited for Power Core Technology (CPT)
1800.
The
heavy-duty box had some weight to it and I lugged it downstairs to my dedicated
music room.
Upon
unpacking it, I found the 1800 enclosed in the typical plastic bag, totally
surrounded by solid protective Styrofoam of some type along with a supplied
power cord.
The
1800 is very solid, well constructed and attractive. It weighs in at 55
pounds and is 11.6” L x 11.6” D x 5” H.
The
back of the unit has four duplex receptacles, a rocker on-off switch, a push
button reset and main power cord IEC connector.
Out
of the box with only a couple of minutes of warm up time I could definitely
hear improvement with my music and as time went on the 1800 continued to
burn in and is still improving.
I
currently have my Transport, DAC and FM tuner plugged into the 1800, while my
integrated amp is plugged directly into the wall outlet using the CPT 300 power
cord. At a later date I’ll plug my integrated amp into the 1800 also.
The first four days of use I
listened to dozens of my audiophile recordings that I always use for the
purpose of demonstration and comparison. I noticed a lower floor noise; wider,
greater depth and definition of sound stage; increased resolution, including
more details; better vocal and instrumental harmony; improved timbre, better
attack and decay elements, and bigger
deeper bass resolution.
If you were considering some type
of power filtration system I would definitely recommend the CPT 1200 or 1800. I
believe you will find that it competes with the big boys at a fraction of the
cost.
Associated
Audio Equipment
Allnic
T-1500 300B Integrated Tube Amp
Audio
Research Reference CD7 (as transport) or
Music
Culture MC 501A CDP or MBL 1531 CDP (as transport)
Yamamoto
DA converter YDA-01
Montana
EPX Speakers or Von Schweihert dB 99 Speakers with Super Tweeters
Magnum
Dynalab MD-106T Analog FM Tuner
Magnum
Dynalab Signal Sleuth
Magnum
Dynalab ST-2 Indoor Antenna
Cerious
Technologies Extreme Graphene RCA Interconnects on Tuner
HiDiamond
8 Speaker Cable 2.5/M or Cerious
Technologies Extreme Graphene Speaker Cables.
HiDiamond
Jumper Cables
High
Fidelity Ultimate Power cord on DAC
Core
Power Technology CPT-300 power cord on Integrated Amp*
Cerious
Technologies Extreme Graphene Yellow power cord on CPT 1800; which
powers the Transport, DAC, and Tuner
High
Fidelity CT-1 Ultimate Interconnect on DAC to Integrated Amp
Cerious
Technologies Extreme Graphene Digital Cable*
High
Fidelity CT-1 power cord on Transport
2
High Fidelity MC-0.5 in each power outlet
Billy
Bags Pro Stand for Audio gear
Custom
Acrylic top for TT Stand by Valley Plastic
Porter
House AC Outlet
Furutech
GTX-D(R) AC Outlets
Cable
Risers by Valley Plastic
Audiodharma Cable Cooker Anniversary Edition 3.5
CCGR
All
Power Filtration provided by: Two Extreme Isolation Transformers (5 KVA each)
from the main panel into a sub-panel that feeds all AC power into the audio
systems. The Extreme Isolation transformers have a huge iron core design, noise
suppression is -146 and they weigh 129 lbs. each. The isolation transformers
actually sit on three 1-1/2" solid brass audio points that are on top of
the cinder blocks and the cinder blocks rest on top of three hockey pucks that
are on the concrete floor.
The CPT 1800 is an addition and improvement used in conjuction with my isolation transformers.
