Pick one:Shunyata Hydra or PS Audio

The Power Plants draw less than many believe, but it is a consideration and one of the reasons why I've never been completely comfortable owning one, although I do (I also have a Hydra).

The Power Plant 300 draws about 40 watts with nothing connected to it, about 43 in multiwave mode. My Pass Aleph 3 draws around 200 watts at idle (196 acutally, although I think the Pass docs say 250). Plugged into the PS Audio, the total draw is just under 300 watts. Which suggests that there is some additional overhead in there somewhere (more than 200 + 40), but not a doubling as some reviewers have suggested. By the way, I don't normally have the Pass amp plugged into the Power Plant; I just used it for this measurement.

Drubin
That is interesting. I had thought that the power draw of the power plant was much higher.
I see you live in california as I do.
How did you check what the draw was when both were plugged in?

JD

I have a device called a Wattsup, which is a small box that goes between the wall and the device under test and gives a nice digital readout of power draw. It is sold mostly to schools as an educational device. I bought it specifically to measure what the Power Plant was drawing because I was curious (and concerned) about how much power I was consuming. My findings are clearly at odds with some of the claims I read in early reviews of the product. PS Audio has not done as much as I would have (if I were them) to dispell the bad information.

look at EQUI=TEch balanced power system regulators
much more significant that PS audio

like having a major component upgrade

Tom

the Equitech site is
http://www.equitech.com/

the Equitech systems
balanced electrical power
T1000, T150 and the larger ones
do not run hot like the PS audio
but only consume electricity when the system is on and demands it

you can also plug your whole electric setup into them, not just a component or two.

Steely Dan uses Equitech on tour and in the studio

check out the reviews on the website
or talk to the folks at Ambrosia Audio who sell them
www.ambrosia.com

T1000 around $1000