Please get back to us and let us know your thoughts regarding the Equi=Core vs your Niagara 1200.
Equi=Core 1000
I just bought an Equi=Core 1000 which will be here this Friday. I am currently using an Audioquest Niagara 1200 which I like but don’t truly love. So, I started looking for a new conditioner and found the Equi=Core on the Audiogon website. I read many articles about the 1000 and the 1800 and everyone of them stated how great both conditioners are especially with the new transformer. Many compared the 1000 and 1800 to conditioners costing $3k-$4k. Also, I chatted with Walter a few times before purchasing and he took the time to answer all my many questions. So my question is (even though it’s too late), does anyone use the Equi=Core, and if so, how do you like it?
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I have an Equi=Core 1000. I got it because I'd gotten a tube headphone amp that had an unlistenably-bad noise floor through my previous power strip. I got the Equi=Core as that's what the amp-maker said he uses. It improved the noise floor ever so slightly but it was still unlistenable so I returned the amp (this is due more to the electrical source in my apartment than the amp). Still using the Equi=Core with various components plugged into it, but I don't know whether it makes any difference or not. |
@dpop - go to the website for Underwood Hi-Fi and you should be able to read all about Equi=Core and Deep=Core.... |
I use an EquiCore 1800 for my sources. I think it's a steal at Walter's sale price. I have 2 dedicated lines plus a new service panel and new wire run from outside but suffer from noise due to old wiring and poor grounding in my neighborhood. The EquiCore provides me with a low noise-floor, and removed low-level buzzing from the mains. I'm sold on the balanced power design which separates the ground from the inverted hot and neutral to provide clean power at the output. Some forum members said I should have gone with Audioquest, I don't have an answer for that.
Now, there's a catch. Underwood introduced the Deep=Core as an add-on power conditioner with extra features and increased filtering. All I can say is "WOW" to the increased power conditioning performance. There's an absolutely black background, something I've never experienced with my system. There's more inner detail and separation between instruments with no colouring of the sound. There's a DC blocker which further cleaned my mains and a cool feature to adjust the bass for the most low-end detail and impact. The price of both on sale was less than the Audioquest Niagara.
To answer your question (finally), I was very impressed with my Equi=Core 1800 which I used without it's companion for about a year. I never regretted the purchase. It definitely brought my system to a higher level.
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