September 4, 2012 - BIRTH OF A REFERENCE Shunyata Research's Hydra Triton power distributor was originally conceived as a power distributor that bore no compromise in design scale or performance. As the project evolved, the ...

The field of AC power conditioning for audio systems has undergone a radical transformation since the first AC conditioners appeared about 20 years ago. Those early products were developed largely through trial and error, and ...

Those of us with single systems for stereo playback, multichannel music, and film-sound reproduction are presented with a dilemma. We can choose the best-sounding multichannel controller we can afford and accept its performance limitations with ...

AC power-conditioning specialist Running Springs Audio has quietly established itself in many first-rate retailers and upper-end systems over the past eight years. Although it has not received as much attention as some others in the ...

Long after I’d discovered through my own listening experience that signal interconnects and loudspeaker cables are important to good sound, I resisted the idea that power cords could affect sound quality. Think of the miles ...

The way I see it AC line conditioning is a key building block for any high-end audio system. However, it would likely be the last item on my checklist of purchases—not because it matters least, ...

Many home-theater enthusiasts never give a second thought to how the AC power from the wall outlet affects their audio/ video system. But AC power plays a crucial role in picture and sound quality, and ...