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What reviewers think
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Manufacturer details
Combats Voltage Surges and Spikes
- Massive 30,000 Amps of Protection
- Reduces Common Mode Interference
- Reduces Differential Mode Interference
- Improves Audio Visual Performance
- Ultra Safe 4 Way Internal Protection
- Protects Against Dirty Electricity Hazards
Brand highlights
Taking a step back to look at reviewers' thoughts of the brand's entire lineup—not just this product—what stands out most is the following:
- Puritan products focus on removing noise and DC components from the mains supply in a multi-stage, cumulative fashion, while also emphasizing the preservation of dynamic range.
- Their conditioners implement individual filtering at each output socket to minimize cross-contamination between connected components.
- They provide solutions for external grounding, including the GroundMaster, to further lower noise levels by connecting the audio system to a dedicated grounding rod or, for apartment dwellers, a grounding device that connects to a wall socket.
Select products
Ground Master
- Positioning: A cost-effective solution for eliminating ground noise in audio systems.
- Description: Eliminates ground-line noise by providing a stable and silent earth connection. Unlike the PSM series, which focuses on power purification, this targets noise from the ground line, making it effective for users who experience interference from multiple electrical devices. It is a budget-friendly option for those looking to improve sound quality without investing in a full power purifier.
Route Master
- Positioning: A versatile system for managing and optimizing audio signal paths.
- Description: Optimizes audio signal paths, offering a different approach compared to the power purification focus of the PSM series. It provides a flexible solution for users who need to manage complex audio setups, ensuring signal integrity and reducing noise.
PSM136
- Positioning: An entry-level studio master mains purifier with essential features.
- Description: Offers a solid foundation with precision symmetrically balanced circuitry and 39 filter elements, providing a noticeable improvement in sound clarity and dynamics. It is a more affordable option compared to the PSM156 and PSM1512, making it suitable for users with smaller budgets who still want to enhance their audio experience. This model is ideal for those with moderate functionality needs and a focus on improving sound quality in smaller setups.
PSM156
- Positioning: A mid-range studio master mains purifier with enhanced performance.
- Description: Building on the PSM136, increases the number of filter elements to 52, offering greater delicacy and detail in sound reproduction. It provides a significant upgrade in performance, making it a better choice for users who desire more dynamic and punchy audio.
PSM1512
- Positioning: A high-end studio master mains purifier with maximum output capacity.
- Description: Doubles the output capacity of the PSM156, featuring 94 filter elements for superior sound quality and system performance. It is the top choice for users who require the highest level of purification and the ability to connect multiple components without compromising on sound quality.
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What are two key technological innovations or strong opinions that differ you from other brands?
We do not see merit in claiming technical innovations when the science has been known and understood for the two centuries since Faraday, Ohm, Maxwell, Hertz, Henry, et al. defined the behavioral patterns of electricity and magnetism and their interactions. Even exotic-sounding "modern" dielectric materials advancements and conductor voltage treatments, etc., can be traced back well over half a century ago.
Our approach to product design is to apply clear logic, establishing the broad spectrum of aims for the product, then evaluating and evolving practices that achieve these aims.
This is accomplished firstly within the fundamental design as evolved by measured performance, but from there on, the product is shaped and evolved through massive sequences of listening tests over a very wide selection of HiFi setups of different technologies and ambition. Listening to how each design decision actually sounds as affected by the enclosure dimensions and materials, the board layout, component values and their technology, materials, etc. Establishing how every individual aspect influences the final sound of the overall design. It is a long and painstaking process from which there is no escaping if you wish to present a world-class product.
What's your approach to customer support?
We only distribute through specialist outlets with the required skills to guide and assist customers with their purchase and answer normal technical questions relating to usage of our products. In the event that the questions are more uniquely complex, we are always on hand to take over the conversation. Our products are inherently robust and designed for many decades of use. We always stand by our products, with happy users our topmost priority.
What are your favorite tracks for showcasing the strength of your products?
This is ever-changing, but to note is that for older material in a digital medium, the earliest versions before the compression of the loudness wars took hold are almost invariably the best. For 60s, 70s, and 80s music on vinyl, seek out older pressings produced with an all-analogue master tape to cutting head sequence with no digital process stages in between. If there is a digital stage employed, as with virtually all vinyl of recent decades, including "audiophile" pressings, you are better off listening to the digital version directly.
Today's choice of three would probably be:
- Joan Armatrading – Me Myself I – AMLH64809 – Dynamics, vocal positioning in the soundstage, and overall imaging
- Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto – Kyung-Wha Chung, LSO – Previn Decca SXL 6493 – Handling of a large orchestra at full belt and the tonal realism in the solo violin passages
- Fleetwood Mac – Tusk K66088 – "Beautiful Child" – Vocals, soundstage, imaging, clarity, realism, and separation of the individual contributions
What other products pair best with yours?
We need to ensure that our products interface well across the broadest spectrum of components, and we have, for example, in our development room over 20 different amplifiers from Pass Labs Monoblocs, through Krell, Naim, Meridian, Cyrus, Quad, Leak, Sugden, World Audio, Enleum, as well as many speakers and source components.
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What if you spend more?
Provides the shortest and most coherent route to a common star grounding point for all the components that form an audio or audio visual system.
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Our summary
Product Strengths
- Improves purity of tonality, reduces the noise floor, increases dynamics, and creates a more open soundstage
- Isolates the grounding grid
Product Considerations
- Requires either the GroundMaster or GroundMaster City to function
Takeaway: The RouteMaster, when combined with the GroundMaster or GroundMaster City, significantly enhances audio quality by improving tonality and spatial qualities. It is considered an amazing bargain in high-end audio due to its performance relative to its cost
Video review
Our take on the brand
Progressing up from the Power Bricks, Puritan Power Strips add additional componentry for the more stubborn aspects of differential mode interference and provide two additional output sockets, all in an extremely robust heavy steel magnetically shielding casing with a substantial aluminium top face. Incorporating 6 x 15Amp outlets, 23 discrete filter elements and enhanced differential mode treatments, plus with DC offset correction an option, Power Strips are a great solution if you cant quite stretch to a Studio Master or prefer the slender ergonomics of the Strip types.
Our summary
Product Strengths
- Multiple cumulative sympathetically-tuned stages of purification with 19 independent elements are included
- 6 x 15A outlets each with independent re-filter stages eliminate cross contamination between connected equipment
- Direct maximum power routing to all outputs realizes full dynamic performance
- Cleansed earth removes noise from the earth, and star earthing eliminates ground loop hum, reduces the noise floor, and improves definition
- Massive 30'000A of three-dimensional surge protection
Product Considerations
- The overall limit for all outputs combined is 15 amperes
Comparisons (according to reviewers)
- Vs Furutech RTP-6 & e-tp80 passive power strips: The reviewer suggests that even one lightning strike would make the difference clear, implying the PS106-DC is expected to be better than the passives due to its active AC/DC filtering
Takeaway: The PS106-DC power strip has good filtration and surge protection. It is designed to improve hifi equipment performance through clean power delivery.
Video review
Our take on the brand
Progressing up from the Power Bricks, Puritan Power Strips add additional componentry for the more stubborn aspects of differential mode interference and provide two additional output sockets, all in an extremely robust heavy steel magnetically shielding casing with a substantial aluminium top face. Incorporating 6 x 15Amp outlets, 23 discrete filter elements and enhanced differential mode treatments, plus with DC offset correction an option, Power Strips are a great solution if you cant quite stretch to a Studio Master or prefer the slender ergonomics of the Strip types.
Our summary
Product Strengths
- Multiple cumulative sympathetically-tuned stages of purification with 19 independent elements
- Six 15A outlets each with independent re-filter stages to eliminate cross contamination between connected equipment
- Direct maximum power routing to all outputs to realize full dynamic performance
- Cleansed earth to remove noise from the earth
- Star earthing eliminates ground loop hum, reduces the noise floor, and improves definition
Product Considerations
- 15 amperes is the overall limit for all outputs combined
Takeaway: The PS106-DC power strip has multiple features to eliminate noise and improve audio. It is designed to protect equipment from power surges, making it a worthwhile addition to an audio setup
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Our summary
Product Strengths
- Provides a solid foundation for plugging in mains leads without interfering with the incoming mains, delivering clean power.
- Results in good, tight bass and fluidity, and more resolving sound with much more detail and tighter bass information.
- Provides a larger and more precise soundstage.
- Has a noticeable effect on timing—having the effect of endowing the music with a pleasing flow and without any harshness in the upper registers, making for a very easy and non-fatiguing listening experience.
- Excellent design and solid build quality using quality components that will last for years
Product Considerations
- Some purists would argue that adding a power switch defeats the object of a high-quality unit
Takeaway: The TCI Cables Temple Constrictor SE power block delivers clean power effectively, providing a solid foundation for the hifi system. The power block enhances the sound quality with improved detail, tighter bass, and a wider soundstage, so it can give great value to the sound.
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Our Summary
Product Strengths
- Improves clarity and removes 'grunge' from the hifi system
- Lowers the noise floor, resulting in enhanced clarity, cleaner and tighter bass, and a bigger, wider sound with more depth
- Provides each component in the system with its own ground, offering a safe and effective grounding solution
- Offers improved sound quality with more subtlety, finesse and polish
Product Considerations
- Installation may be impractical for apartment dwellers
- Requires hammering a copper rod into the ground, which some may find odd or inconvenient
- A reviewer notes that the wire attachment to the grounding rod in the photos is incorrect, which can result in poor contact
Takeaway: The Ground recdkgkQJRyhTtWJY helps to make music sound better by getting rid of unwanted noise and making the sound clearer. It's a good way to improve a hifi system and get more out of music.
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Our Summary
Product Strengths
- Eliminates DC offset, reducing transformer hum
- Reduces RFI and EMI contaminants from the main supply
- Improves spatial awareness, enhances dynamic contrast, and provides blacker backgrounds
- Has universal voltage compatibility (100-240V)
Product Considerations
- The standard DC block is not suitable for amplifiers with high power output—over 300 watts total
- The included cables are of cheap quality
- The DC Block 6 has a substantial size—444mm width
- The DC Block 6 might not allow the use of existing power cords due to the connector type
Takeaway: The Audiolab DC products are effective in removing DC humming problems. If there is a noticeable hum from an amp, the DC products are recommended to help improve sound quality.
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Our Summary
Product Strengths
- Removes DC current interference, improving sound quality
- Can improve the width, depth, and space around instruments in the soundstage
- Offers a definition shift, enhancing subtleties in music
- Represents a cost-effective upgrade, delivering significant sonic improvement for its price
Product Considerations
- The degree of improvement depends on the existing quality of the mains supply
- The difference it makes might be nuanced rather than a drastic change
- It's not making an expensive amplifier better because it's a bad design—it's just cleaning what's going in
Comparisons (according to reviewers)
- Made a larger sonic difference than some speaker upgrades or changes
Takeaway: The Audiolab DC Block is a device that cleans power, improving the sound by removing unwanted noise. It is a worthwhile addition to a hifi setup for cleaning the signal and giving a better listening experience.
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Our Summary
Product Strengths
- Connection provided for up to six components
- Features a 2.4m-long Constrictor cable that incorporates RFI filtering
- The conductors in the cable are made from 8x PTFE-insulated silver-plated, OFC wires
- The wires are braided in a non-inductive and self-screening construction to provide the RF rejection and filtering
- Effective in operation—the Constrictor mains power block makes a practical and worthwhile addition to a home hifi setup
Comparisons (according to reviewers)
- The connections on the Constrictor block are noticeably more secure than those on a standard block with simple sprung metal strips
- With the Constrictor in place, the reviewer was conscious of a lower noise floor compared to a standard six-way mains distribution block
Takeaway: The TCI Cables Constrictor power block can connect up to six components and has a cable with RFI filtering, making it a practical addition to a home hifi setup. It helps improve sound quality by lowering the noise floor.
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