BPT 3.5, Audience aR12, or Equitech 1.5Q?

Eugene81:

Here's part of the Audience May 3, 2010 Press Release that announced the new grounding system I mentioned... "Owners of a previous aR6 or aR6-T can have their power conditioners upgraded to include the new ground plane for $450, and $650 for the aR12 or aR12-T. (Units that have a “G” in the serial number already have the new ground plane.)

If you look at the website picture of the Audience aR6 or the aR12, you'll see what is a copper bar the runs the full width of the unit. That's the new "ground plane".

When you Google the words "Audience Now Shipping Upgraded", you'll get to the full Press Realease.

I just purchased a BPT 3.5 Signature and I agree with all the positive posts. Improved bass, larger stage, more dynamic and the music flows with a natural ease that is very engaging.

Grannyring congratulations! this product is worth every penny.It`s one of the most cost effective audio purchases ever for me.It improves naturalness and realism as well as reducing (significantly) hifi-ish artifacts and character.

Just want to mention that I ended up with an Audience aR2p-TO. WOW it's like magic! Totally brought everything to life!

I have been an advocate for tweeking the power for a few years and until you do, you aren't getting the sound out of the gear you paid the big(or bargain)bucks for.

Lots of folks throw money around on endless amp or speaker swaps looking for the "BIG FIX".

But it's not their fault, they've been conditioned to believing this way,from audio mags reviewing killer gear promising nirvana with the latest 100 grand power amp, to audio "friends" who think that power cords, conditioners etc are just snake oil.

Getting the power right is the first thing to get right.
After that everything falls into place and the things that some folks can't hear start to be heard.

I use a combination of power conditioning and have found that my sound works best when I use a Hydra 2 on the amps(with a Annaconda 20 amp PC), and a Hydra 8 with a quality 20 amp PC,for my phono /pre and my turntable.

The two Hydras and associated gear are plugged into a Shunyata upgraded power receptacle,an RZ1 or something.
This is fed a dedicated 12/2 romex feed from the panel.

The cd player has a Shunyata Annaconda VX power cord and it's plugged into a Furman Balanced power IT 1550 on a separate line.

The cd sound was greatly improved when I took it out of the hydra 8 on the dedicated line and put it into the Furman on another line.

Everything opened up, instruments and vocals became easier to differentiate.There is less of the glare or edge that is regarded as a fact of digital life.
In my experience,it doesn't have to be, and if you complain about the bad sound of cd replay, then there are ways to remedy it.

So from my experience with a few power products,I can state that it's not so much about who made them but where you impliment them for best effect.

Also, skimping on the power cords is a sure way to be less than impressed with the purchase of any power product.

Really, when you work from the panel back to the gear and upgrade everything associated with the power(yes, fuses most definitely included in the list)you will discover how really good your gear already is, and perhaps never need to make any more gear upgrades.

It may seem like an expensive practise but if done right the first time,you'll never need to make any more power upgrades.

The bonus is, that if you do decide to go for that big amp upgrade for example, it's sound will not be compromised, and you'll get your money's worth out of it.

My final thought?

Any of the above products and others that have been mentioned are miles ahead of wallplugging it.

That was fine in the 70's.