Switching to battery power

@antigrunge

The guy posted pictures of his "sound system". His amplifiers were sitting  on his speakers. I kid you not. I really, honest to God, kid you not.

Enough said. 

@goofyfoot 

My model can act as a UPS, but best you confirm before you buy other models or other manufacturers offerings. 

Are you planning to jump in all at once, or do the DAC or phono first and see how it works for you? 

pauly, I plan to try my digital front end and then my phono amp and turntable. I’ll try those first, plugged directly into the battery and then through the passive line conditioner. The ECO is affordable by comparison to the other generator’s and if it does the job of powering everything besides my amplifier, then I’ll be happy.
I can say the ASR that I own is highly thought of by many in the audio community and their flagship components consist of the larger amplifier, two power supplies and the battery. Purchasing the power supplies and battery is costly but it raises the bar sound wise. I do not doubt that your hearing a difference with your amp connected to the battery.  I believe that at some point, interchangeable, after market battery units specifically for audio equipment will be common place.

@goofyfoot 

My DAC came with a 12v wall-wart. I put that onto a 12v Lithium battery I got off Amazon a few weeks ago already. The improving was amazing. I have a RME DAC.

I think your phono should also benefit a lot too - the signal inside a phono is very small, so the more you can waylay noise the better.

The amp which takes 120 AC from the power station also sounds better than it ever has before. There is just that something in the music that I didn't hear before. It's razor sharp, but still delicate and gentle - if that makes any sense to you. 

Anyway, let us know what your experience are. I'm 110% sold on batteries now.  

pauly, It will be some time as my amp is still with the tech and that won't be cheap to get it back. I'll probably post something about it when the time comes. Anyway, happy listening!