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I am already regenerating AC power for the system at this point.
I'm going to get a Majik Buss and power cords for demo from Danny. Can you share a bit on your approach with the cables? Wire, dielectric, etc.Thanks,Dan
Quote from: HAL on 9 May 2009, 12:38 amI am already regenerating AC power for the system at this point.HAL,Dave here. I, too, am regenerating power. I have a much modified (I can't seem to leave anything stock) PS Audio P300 MultiWave that is used to power my Cary 306 player and Cary preamp. You might be as surprised as I was with the addition of the Majik BUSS. Here is where I am obligated to tell you that I am the designer and manufacturer and you can either: (A) regard all of this as the blithering of an over anxious marketing dude, or; (B) take a leap of faith and choose to believe me. A flow chart of the power from my electrical service is as follows: dedicated 20 amp circuit with 10 ga wire > Cryoed Pass & Seymour 5362A outlets shunted with .1ufd 630V PP caps > TOPAZ 2.5KVA Ultra Isolation transformer with cryoed Pass & Seymour 5362A outlets w/ .01 630V PP shunts.My old setup was to plug my monoblocks into this setup along with the PowerPlant (obviously I use my power cables for this ). My new one has a Majik BUSS inserted after the iso TX and everything plugged into it. The monoblocks are plugged into the 'A' circuit and the PowerPlant is plugged into the 'B' circuit. Circuit 'B' has additional filtering that isolates it from 'A' and is meant for low level and/or digital sources.Even with the PowerPlant, the improvement is remarkable. I always thought the modified PowerPlant was unbeatable as power for the front end. That is until I put this all together. Who knew? Certainly not I!MAJOR CAVEAT - DO NOT PLUG THE MAJIK BUSS INTO POWER REGENERATION DEVICES!!! The capacitive nature of the MB will shut them down. Inductance is not a problem as it is only .001mH which is from the in situ wiring, The MB does not contain any inductors.I developed the MB as a reasonably priced alternative to the iso TX / PowerPlant chain that I had been using. I have been building devices like this for years that are used in recording studios as point of power filters. This is especially critical for digital gear that is highly susceptible to power pollution induced jitter. As I continue down the road of high resolution audio, I am amazed just how crappy the incoming power is here in Albuquerque. I am sure it is pretty much the same in most locales.All of this is just to say this: don't be lulled into audio complacency by power regeneration. There is a huge amount of AC garbage running around in the neutral/ground bonding that gets introduced into the ground plane of our gear. Eliminating this noise is just another veil lifted from the system. Power regeneration alone is not the total solution.Then there is the whole topic of Power Factor Correction...One last note: I am currently (pun?) running a prototype UberBUSS before the TOPAZ and a Majik Buss after the TOPAZ. Again, I am amazed in the difference in the macro and micro dynamics from this combination. I have no idea where this all ends, but (God willing I live long enough) I intend to find out.Give the BUSS a try. I'm confident that you will be pleasantly surprised.Regards,Dave
Will talk to Danny about a Majik Buss once some other audio projects are complete.
Dan, I'd love to, but I'm not Elektra Cables. I know a lot about them, but I'll let Danny tell you because he is the distributor of those. I can tell you that in a recent cable shoot out here in Albuquerque the top of the line Elektra power cord was put up against cables from Purist Audio. These included a Proteus, Dominus Ferox, standard Dominus power cables as well as a shielded 14 ga standard cable and a couple of DIY concoctions. The overall winner of the shootout was the Dominus Ferox @ $1990.00. A very close second and preferred by 5 out of 6 reviewers over third place (standard Dominus) was the Elektra @ $329.00. None of the reviewers knew the price of the Elektra and the test was a blind test carried out over a 4 hour period.Bottom line is the Elektra was a tremendous value cable on the test setup.HTH
Well, don't I feel stupid.
Question - if all my devices never get above 7 or 8 amps of draw, can I plug the BPT in to the magic buss and get the benefit of it for all of my equipment?
Dave,I made the mistake of showing my wife what a better pc could do on the plasma. I had to wrestle it back from her because it came from my 2 channel system. You can see where this is going. Thanks for the hookup tip.
Quote from: Tyson on 20 May 2009, 06:11 pmQuestion - if all my devices never get above 7 or 8 amps of draw, can I plug the BPT in to the magic buss and get the benefit of it for all of my equipment?The short answer is yes. The long answer is a bit more complex. I am not sure what type of surge protection is used in the BPT. If they are MOV devices, your system might be better served to plug the BUSS into the BPT and use a high quality triple tap or two to get the number of outlets needed to distribute power to all of your gear. If they are avalanch diodes or other Transorbs ANY WAY YOU WANT IS ok. Just keep us all posted.DavePI audio group, LLC
Hi Dave, there is no surge protection in my BPT BP2.5 so I would recommend placing your unit in front of the BPT just like Danny did with his Dodd balanced power conditioner. Anyways, that's what I'll be trying with my demo Majic Buss. Cheers,Robin
Quote from: satfrat on 22 May 2009, 03:15 amHi Dave, there is no surge protection in my BPT BP2.5 so I would recommend placing your unit in front of the BPT just like Danny did with his Dodd balanced power conditioner. Anyways, that's what I'll be trying with my demo Majic Buss. Cheers,RobinCool, Robin. I have not tried the BUSS with any of the BPT gear so I, like the others, will be very interested to see what you think (interesting concept, eh? Not like Siler, though... ) about the performance differences.Regards,Dave
no problem Dave, I'll definitely be reporting back. But actually I probably wouldn't have even considered this product myself if it hadn't been for Danny commenting on his results of trying the Majik Buss in front of the Todd balance power conditioner. Then after reading up on the conditioner and it's capabilities, I felt the need to try this out for myself. If you knew all the power conditioning emi/rfi fighting gear I already have in my system, I need this like another hole in my head (if there's any room for 1 more hole). Guess I'll just wait and see what I hear,,, aaCheers,Robin