opinions on the Equi=Tech Wall Cabinet?

Hi Mike

My friend, Brent, and I would like to thank you again for being such a gracious host the other night and making us feel right at home. Our enjoyment of the evening was only superceded by your hospitality.

I'll interrupt this thank you to respond to your thread....lol....IMHO, if you make your system any blacker, it will be a black hole and suck you and your system to some other galaxy, and we'll never hear or see you again!!!. Tread carefully....lol.

Now, back to the thank-you.... For those of you who have been fortunate enough to have heard the live performance capabilities of Mike's system, you will just shake your heads in agreement with what I'm about to say.

First and foremost, Mike is a music lover. A key ingredient in this distinguished hobby. He is also a true gentleman. A very knowledgeable audiophile with the perfect dose of humility who is careful not to tread on ground he has no experience with. A noble attribute for those of us who are so new to the home audio scene, and very gullable with the information we happen upon.

It is very apparent, upon meeting Mike, that he had a certain goal in mind, and stayed true to that goal, guided by his love for music, until it was accomplished. In my opinion, and my admittedly limited experience, he ended up with one of the darkest, deepest, widest, and most involvingly "live" music presentations I've ever heard.

The synergy between his pieces of choice, combined with such careful thought to the contruction of the room it's in; not only did his speaker's completely disappear, but so did his equipment! Only musicians and instruments where present....oh, and I almost forgot. A wonderfully tasty bottle of single malt scotch happened to be on hand as well. The perfect chaser for such a grand musical presentation. Thank you again, Mike.

Please forgive me for this forced interuption to your thread, allowing me to publicly show my gratitude to you and your contribution to this hobby and the many folks just like me, who are attempting to travel down a similiar path.

Kindest Regards,
Jeff Carder

Jeff, sorry for the delay in my response. i had not seen this here until just now.

thanks for the kind words.

i had a great time too and enjoyed meeeting both of you. you are both gentleman and music lovers of the highest order.

i learned some things from both of you about the music that i have always loved.....which was great for me. i wish i had the chance to hear Brent's 'Led Zepplin' cover band as i could see how it made the listening for you guys even better. i guess playing and living the music is hard to beat.

it was a fun time and i hope you guys had a safe trip back to the 'right coast'. if you are ever in this neck of the woods again you are always welcome.

best regards,

I don't have any personal experience, but a friend of mine in the high end audio/video installation business, always starts with getting proper power feed.

If it is in the budget, he recommends the Equi-Tech panel. All I can say is that the system I heard with that panel sound great.

I have heard a great system that costs well over $1 million (equipment alone) that uses that panel. Compared to everything else, the $6,000 panel is cheap.

thanks Larryi and Ksales for the feedback. this is likely something i will pursue.

I have the very same panel you are interested in. The company has excellent customer service, and the panel made a significant upgrade in my system. Five of the dedicated outlets from this panel go to my music room and the other five go to my theater room. It is very heavy (over 300 lbs.) and my electrician had to jury-rig a steel mount to hold it upon the wall. I have found that there is further improvement in using the Equitech wall panel in conjuntion with other conditioners of different technology (such as Shunyata, Audiomagic and the Powerwing)

Hope this helps and good luck,

Reg