If you
use AC power straight from the wall, your system is not
performing to its full potential. What is wrong with the
power coming from the wall? In reality, the AC line also
carries a wide spectrum of noise along with the 60-Hertz
AC power. Everything plugged into the electrical grid
injects noise. In addition, the power lines act as an
antenna, picking up
airborne noise. The noise enters your components through
their power supplies and raises the noise floor of your
system.
Your system can also be
subverted from the inside. Like every other piece of
electrical equipment, each component in your system
produces its own noise. That noise is passed along to all
of the other components. This is especially true of
digital electronics that output large amounts of high
frequency noise.
The solution to these
problems is a component called a power conditioner. There
are many different power conditioners on the market, but
most of them do not address the full range of power
problems. A well designed power conditioner will:
- Provide protection
against power surges coming through the electrical
line.
- Clean the incoming
AC power of noise while not inducing
resonance.
- Offer outlets
designed for the special needs of
amplifiers.
- Individually
isolate each piece of source equipment to ensure that
internally produced noise can not influence other
components in the system.
Audio Power Industries
offers a wide range of power conditioners designed to
achieve these goals and provide complete power management
for your system. The ultimate benefit of this approach is
a significant reduction of the overall system noise
floor. Details that your system was always capable of
resolving but were lost in the noise floor are revealed
for the first time. The sound gains clarity and becomes
more realistic. Video pictures take on new depth and
realism.