
highfigh
Seriously, I have no life.
No, it doesn't.It reminds me of the Black Knight from Monty Python.![]()
No, it doesn't.It reminds me of the Black Knight from Monty Python.![]()
I heard Gene say that nothing was too good for the forum membersMaybe we can all get free power distributors! AH giveaway!
May be, just may be one of those purchasers will come to wonder if he has been fleeced.you guys do realize by exerting so much attention on this company its actually driving traffic to their site and potentially generating sales from readers wanting to forgo logic to take a leap of faith on the snake oil being peddled? I learned long ago while debunking cable myths that the principals perpetuating such myths are both incapable and unwilling to reason using logic. They denounce the very scientific principles and process that they attempt to use (more like butcher) to justify the cost and existence of their products. It reminds me of the Black Knight from Monty Python.![]()
What he saidIt's also generating some traffic for this site. Maybe you'll be able to give Tom a raise.
It is Christmas.![]()
The Harley-Davidson R&D facility here has an RF anechoic room/Faraday cage where they bombard the bikes to see how the electronics are affected. If I ask some of my friends who work there, maybe I could have it checked out for its shielding capabilities.May be, just may be one of those purchasers will come to wonder if he has been fleeced.
If that person is out there, please PM me, and arrange to ship the unit for me to test. I will test and send it out within 24 hours.
If anyone comes across this thread and then goes out and purchases one of those units, then they are JPN!
Yes, but if they do, I would suggest attaching power cables to it and from it..... If I ask some of my friends who work there, maybe I could have it checked out for its shielding capabilities.
That's why I don't think it works. If the power cords pick it up and it has no parts, other than the receptacles and housing, I can't see how it can "passively" eliminate the noise. If the power cords pick it up, it won't be filtered, so it will pass through.Yes, but if they do, I would suggest attaching power cables to it and from it.
It is useless to shield a box if the wires to and from will pick up EMI/RFI, no? After all, the box doesn't have the capability to filter anything, nor prevent the out cable from picking stuff up.
And, by chance or magic the box cleans it, how can it also clean the power cable coming out of it and into components. Useless. Real filtering can be had for not much .$ in each componentThat's why I don't think it works. If the power cords pick it up and it has no parts, other than the receptacles and housing, I can't see how it can "passively" eliminate the noise. If the power cords pick it up, it won't be filtered, so it will pass through.
They should have called them the "Highlander" power distributor - "it's a kinda magic"And, by chance or magic the box cleans it, how can it also clean the power cable coming out of it and into components. Useless. Real filtering can be had for not much .$ in each component![]()
A capacitor turning noise into light? Really? Or, perhaps the noise ripple voltage actuating a small lightbulb. But, is it all the noise? some?....
that being said I doubt it does as good a job as the PS Audio Line Noise Harvester which cost $99, a far cry from $3000.
Not only that but the Line Noise Harvester actually relies on physics, that is, energy cannot be destroyed, so that have a capacitor that captures the line noise energy and then releases it as light.
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**note, I'm not trying to advertise PS Audio products, it's just the Line Noise Harvester is the first Line Noise removal device I could think of, and it's cool how those guys actually based their product on, well, you know... facts.
PS audio is another bogus company. My friend got talked into buying one of their pieces of junk. It failed just out of warranty and did damage to a connected unit at the same time. The dealer was oblivious to the fact this unit had failed, and I had to sort the mess out. I consigned the PS unit to the dealer for repair and told him to sell it to another sucker. I ordered a nice but much cheaper UPS unit from APC. That is doing the job intended.@mtrycrafts
touche sir.
Even they concede that it certainly doesn't get all the noise. Of course they say "the more the better!" which may be true but also smells like a bad deal.
One of the reviewers says that he couldn't even tell the difference with one device, and that it worked best with five. They sell them in 5 packs for $400 I think (or $399, whatever) which is still pretty pricy for a line noise remover but still a hell of a lot better than something for $3000 with no electronics in it.
I do think they could bring the price down a lot more. It's just hard because not many people are interested in high end AV gear, especially when you get into AC conditioners etc. so while something shouldn't cost that much, if not many people are going to buy them you have to inflate the price to pay your engineers.
It probably can't be that hard to buy one of those and come up with a similar DIY device to cut down on cost of using many in a home. To each their own I suppose.
It wasn't the word of a friend. I had to sort it out. The unit was not good news at all. I know over priced junk when I see it. Trust me.in the end I guess what I was getting at is that calling their entire company bogus is pretty slanderous, especially based on the word of a friend.
I bought another company's AC Conditioner over their "Power Plant" too, so it's not that I have some deep vested interest in the company's success. I just think we should be fair in our critisisms.
But back on topic, I completely agree with you that the $3000 power strip is completely bogus. I hadn't even heard of the company until this article was written. Still, you'd have to be seriously mislead or seriously rich and bored to pick one of those up.
Guys.
Go back to his explanation and review it. There are two things he said which do indeed have the ability to clean up a system.
One of them may not be sufficient to meet code. It would require a careful analysis.
As I recall, early on there was a mention of noise during the music. This is consistent.
Much of the explanation does indeed cross the credibility line, but I do not address that here. Just the points which can indeed matter.
Cheers, John