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I bought a pair of electrical devices called Electraclear from a company called AddPowr. They're simply plugged into an electrical outlet that's shared by your system. I paid under $300 for them and they've boosted my system's fidelity dramatically. In the 1800's,  a physicist and mathematician, Joseph Fourier, delved into the science of harmonics, and now the founder of AddPowr used these equations to increase the signal to noise ratio. (more signal=less noise) His devices act as harmonic resonators. He worked for a high-end audio cable company before focusing on this new range of products.
   I thought that when I first received the Electraclears, the difference would be subtle. To my surprise and delight, it was a stunning change. I was hearing music from the inside out. Cleaner, more dynamic, and a far greater and noticeable improvement than my power conditioner produces.
   I love finding inexpensive audio devices that work. The company makes other products, but I'd recommend a pair of Electraclears to start. 
bartholomew
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cakyol
940 posts
 
If you are hearing a difference it is all in your mind. 
terry9
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@wolfie 
@pwerhera
I think technical information is useful. There's altogether too much opinion, however confidently expressed, without the technical knowledge to back it up. On this site, anyhow.

IMO

So I welcome  pwerahera's contribution. It's lucid, it's exact. What more do you want, wolfie?
bemused
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Imo ADD-Powr is not snake oil. There's nothing wrong in trying to coin a catchy marketing phrase. 
It has nothing to do with quantum mechanics, nor any ooga-booga / snake oil devices. 
It has everything to do with science. 
Read the "about" page and then comment.

Apparently Bill, the designer of QRT, did indeed, use the word "quantum" to simply blow people's minds away in order to get attention and create a faithful following - and it worked!
Not based on rational science but based upon subjective emotion.
At the end of the day, all the products worked as claimed. But a rational explanation was not a part of the recipe, an odd and disconcerting marketing approach to say the least.
So, "proprietary technology" was employed and that became the explanation.

From perusing the web site, ADD-Powr is appears to be about increasing "energy", or the voltage of the audio signal through the generation of harmonics on the reference supply that are too low in frequency to be filtered away by the component power supply. They more or less resonate with similar frequencies in the audio signal. If the fundamental signal is low enough, then its resonant affect will be evident throughout the audio band. The driving fundamental must be a complex function composed of sines and cosines in various phases - that is the Fourier series. Or...perhaps it can be simply be a square wave!

That explanation makes sense.

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cakyol
940 posts
 
There is nothing you can do to the mains supply EXCEPT:

- change its voltage
- change its frequency
- change the waveform 

As mijostyn clearly states, none of these affect the sound in a positive way.

It is all in your mind affected by the desire to hear something for the $300 that has been paid.







wolfie62
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@terry9 

What more do I want?

Well, let’s discuss this.

pwerhera used a few equations to INTRODUCE a concept. He didn’t explain it, nor explain how this product is supposed to make audible improvements.

So, let me introduce another equation:

E = mC2

Now. Go and make an atomic bomb. 

I have been just as useful.
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