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Review: EXACTPOWER EP15A Tweak

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I just purchased the new ExactPower EP-15A AC Line Voltage Regulator from a Audiogon Seller " Chichiuno ".

The first thing I noticed when taking it out of the box was the build quality, all aluminum, and heavy. I pluged the EP-15A into the wall and all of my gear into the eight AC outlets on the back of the unit.

I turned the EP-15A on and played Lee Ritenour Rit's House, and I was amazed! It was as if I added another 50 watts to my Power Amp! The volume level had to be turned down from the normal listening position. The sound was smooth and rich. The sonic benefits from this unit are cleaner sound with no hum, and power, power, power! My Velodyne pumped out deeper bass, the Monitor Audio tweeters produced crisp high frequencies without sounding too bright, and the mid-range truly opened up with finer detail.

The EP-15A made a big difference in the sound of my system, but that's not all, the picture quality of my TV increased dramatically with brighter colors and sharper picture.

If you are looking for a cost effective way to give your system the boost it needs, try the ExactPower EP-15A. "You can't go wrong with ExactPower on".

By: Bryan Freeman

Associated gear
McCormack DNA-HT5 AMP, McCormack MAP-1 Preamp, Denon 3800 DVD, Monitor Audio Gold Reference Speakers, Velodyne HGS-10 Subwoofer, Sony Trinitron Monitor.

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snsmore
10 posts
 
UPDATE: Steve Hogan has finally completed my ExactPower unit, and it is now in my possession, and online. In the end, Steve did an absolutely fantastic job. He totally rebuilt it, w/ new display, and custom replacement lens. The unit sounds better than new, and the display is brighter than ever!

I'm chalking up the long delay to Steve going through life difficulties, which could happen to anyone; in fact, given the quality of work performed I am sending him my other unit later today.

Highly recommended, just make sure to inquire about his workload so as to temper completion time expectations.
devilboy
1,172 posts
 
Snsmore...good luck with the unit. I also got mine back from Steve and it didn’t last as long as I wanted. It ultimately took a crap and I was lucky that he bought the unit basically as parts for other projects. I got a pretty decent Penny considering the thing didn’t work anymore. Best of luck to you.
snsmore
10 posts
 
thanks devilboy! i really hope the unit lasts me another dozen plus good years more. the repair in theory should last even longer. we shall see...
sdrsdrsdr
196 posts
 
I tried this unit in my system many years ago. It along with the ps audio I found would maybe be good if your power was really bad. For me both of these slowed the musicality of the music and restricted dynamics.. Both very restricting vs straight into the wall. I tried a few all within the same time period. Richard grey and shunyata . Richard grey I got rid of quick. The shunyaya hydra was very good although smeared the sound a little. In the end the two that I settled on that did the least damage was the sound application and my favourite, the Original Walker velocitor. Not the latest version. The old one uses QRT technology that I believe they lost the right to use. I may be wrong here but that is what I heard. I live in a small town now with good clean power. I sold my line conditioners about 5 years ago. Recently I bought another Walker and have my preamp and phono stage into it. Very nice unit. The exact power I will say though, it was the best out of the bunch in my theatre when I plugged my projector into it. Huge difference. More clear and colours more saturated. I just couldn’t justify the cost for this use or I would have used it. 
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jmeyers
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For several years, the display on my EP-15A has been flashing between 120 volts RMS and "under voltage".  Nonetheless, it remains putting out 117 volts and is unfailingly quiet.  Am I just lucky? 
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