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Specifications
- Dimensions: 360mm x 55mm x 85mm (L x H x W)
- Outlets: 5 schuko sockets
- Net Weight: 2.8 kg
- Gross Weight: 3.2 kg
- Color: silver
Description
SINE is proud to present this product, probably the best Schuko type power distributor one can find in the market. The whole distributor is finished with -196°C cryogenic treatment. The sockets are made of phosphor bronze with thick gold plating. The combination offers incredible conductivity for a supply of pure power.
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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:
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S2X
- Positioning: The entry-level unit designed for affordability and compactness.
- Description: Offers fundamental power filtration with simple surge and noise suppression features, making it suitable for small-room setups and basic audio needs. Compared to the higher models, its design lacks advanced circuitry but meets standard performance for a minimal budget and straightforward functionality.
S20A_PT
- Positioning: A modest step-up in quality aimed at users wanting improved power stability without a high price.
- Description: Uses higher-grade filtering components that provide cleaner power output and better voltage regulation, making it a good choice for everyday home audio. Compared to the S2X, it delivers smoother performance.
S30A_PT
- Positioning: A mid-range option aimed at users seeking enhanced audio performance in everyday settings.
- Description: Incorporates upgraded circuitry and improved isolation techniques that reduce electrical noise, yielding a clearer signal ideal for moderate-sized rooms. When compared with the S20APT and S60APT, it strikes a balance between cost and performance.
S60A_PT
- Positioning: An advanced mid-range product designed for more refined home audio setups.
- Description: Features enhanced regulation technology and superior filtering components to provide stable power and reduced interference, well-suited for larger rooms and advanced system needs. In comparison with the lower models like the S30A_PT, it offers further technical improvements and reliability.
Gateway3_PA
- Positioning: A flagship high-end unit intended for premium, high-performance audio systems.
- Description: Uses state-of-the-art multi-stage filtering and power transformation technology that delivers the highest level of power clarity and stability, ideal for large or complex setups. Compared to all other models, its advanced design targets users seeking top-notch functionality and sonic excellence.
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SINE is a hifi brand that uses a unique P-Alloy core with multi-layer noise control and applies a -196°C cryogenic treatment process to their cables and connectors. Their power conditioners and cables feature specialized shielding, wire-weaving patterns, and CNC-machined components with Nano platinum sockets to remove EMI/RF interference and clean up audio signals.
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Puritan
Route Master
700
700
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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.
Puritan Audio Labs' PSM156 power conditioner eliminates transformer hum by removing DC from the power line through 52 stages of filtration, and includes an unusually flexible power cord that's easier to handle than typical stiff cords. Their GroundMaster system uses a simple copper rod grounding method to reduce electrical noise, offering a more affordable alternative to similar high-end products.
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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
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Puritan Audio Labs' PSM156 power conditioner eliminates transformer hum by removing DC from the power line through 52 stages of filtration, and includes an unusually flexible power cord that's easier to handle than typical stiff cords. Their GroundMaster system uses a simple copper rod grounding method to reduce electrical noise, offering a more affordable alternative to similar high-end products.
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PS106DC
950
950
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1
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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.
Puritan Audio Labs' PSM156 power conditioner eliminates transformer hum by removing DC from the power line through 52 stages of filtration, and includes an unusually flexible power cord that's easier to handle than typical stiff cords. Their GroundMaster system uses a simple copper rod grounding method to reduce electrical noise, offering a more affordable alternative to similar high-end products.
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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.
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Puritan Audio Labs' PSM156 power conditioner eliminates transformer hum by removing DC from the power line through 52 stages of filtration, and includes an unusually flexible power cord that's easier to handle than typical stiff cords. Their GroundMaster system uses a simple copper rod grounding method to reduce electrical noise, offering a more affordable alternative to similar high-end products.
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TCI Cables
Temple Constrictor
567
567
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1
Reviews
TCI Cables designs and handmakes their cables in the UK, using aerospace technology and materials like silver-plated copper conductors with PTFE and Kapton tape insulation. The brand stands out by designing their own termination plugs and offering custom cable lengths and unusual terminations, along with specialized RFI filtering mains leads to reduce noise and improve sound quality.
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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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TCI Cables designs and handmakes their cables in the UK, using aerospace technology and materials like silver-plated copper conductors with PTFE and Kapton tape insulation. The brand stands out by designing their own termination plugs and offering custom cable lengths and unusual terminations, along with specialized RFI filtering mains leads to reduce noise and improve sound quality.
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PS Audio
Dectet
749
749
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The Dectet is an active three zone, ten outlet power center that produces clean, unrestricted AC power for an entire high-end audio or video system. It is designed to power and fully protect your entire system with improved dynamics, increased harmonic integrity, and an open, spacious soundstage that can be breathtaking. Filtration is handled through large core high permeability magnetic devices wound with heavy gauge OFC providing both common mode and differential mode filtering you can both measure and hear. Protection is through both microprocessor controlled over/under voltage surge guard and MOV spike that will always make sure your equipment is fully protected.
PS Audio is a well-known American brand with a strong following among enthusiasts, due in part to the educational YouTube videos produced by its founder. The company offers products across a wide range of categories, each developed with input from top engineers, resulting in unique sonic signatures. PS Audio’s offerings frequently appear on top 10 lists from professional reviewers, with many products recognized for their high-quality performance and innovative design.
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Product Strengths
- Very well built with heavy gauge aluminum extruded case and high quality parts
- Provides three independently filtered Iso-Zones
- Offers microprocessor controlled under-voltage and over-voltage protection with automatic reset
- Provides surge and spike protection
- Improved performance enough to be detectable at first listen
Product Considerations
- The MOVs will need to be replaced to restore full protection after they sacrifice completely while absorbing a surge
- The provided power cable can be viewed as a complimentary starting point
- Dectet will shut down if MOVs sacrifice completely while absorbing a surge
Takeaway: The Dectet Power Center is a well-made product using high quality parts, and is rugged, delivering a specific level of power conditioning and protection. It delivers improvements that are detectable.
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PS Audio is a well-known American brand with a strong following among enthusiasts, due in part to the educational YouTube videos produced by its founder. The company offers products across a wide range of categories, each developed with input from top engineers, resulting in unique sonic signatures. PS Audio’s offerings frequently appear on top 10 lists from professional reviewers, with many products recognized for their high-quality performance and innovative design.
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Puritan
Ground Master
290
/
Released
The Ground Master eliminates all of the problems typically associated with the connection of additional earthing rods (or other buried metalwork) into an audio and/or audio visual system, and allows for a simple, economical, and substantial upgrade to your listening and viewing experience.
Puritan Audio Labs' PSM156 power conditioner eliminates transformer hum by removing DC from the power line through 52 stages of filtration, and includes an unusually flexible power cord that's easier to handle than typical stiff cords. Their GroundMaster system uses a simple copper rod grounding method to reduce electrical noise, offering a more affordable alternative to similar high-end products.
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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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Puritan Audio Labs' PSM156 power conditioner eliminates transformer hum by removing DC from the power line through 52 stages of filtration, and includes an unusually flexible power cord that's easier to handle than typical stiff cords. Their GroundMaster system uses a simple copper rod grounding method to reduce electrical noise, offering a more affordable alternative to similar high-end products.
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Audiolab
DC Block 6
499
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Released
2022
The DC Block 6 has been designed to improve the quality of AC electricity that feeds our audio and AV systems. Mains electricity has a fundamental influence on the audio signal as it passes through a system, from source to amplifiers to speakers. The mains supply in a typical home is subject to interference induced by a range of issues, causing the AC waveform to distort before it reaches each component. This creates noise in the audio signal, which degrades sound quality – a situation that continues to worsen with more and more electrical devices being added to the home mains supply.
Audiolab is a hifi brand known for its unique streaming platform from Pixel Magic, which enables over-the-air updates and wide audio format compatibility including DSD. Their amplifiers and components feature distinctive capabilities like HDMI ARC inputs, user-selectable digital filters for sound customization, and advanced filtering technology in their pre/power amps.
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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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Audiolab is a hifi brand known for its unique streaming platform from Pixel Magic, which enables over-the-air updates and wide audio format compatibility including DSD. Their amplifiers and components feature distinctive capabilities like HDMI ARC inputs, user-selectable digital filters for sound customization, and advanced filtering technology in their pre/power amps.
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Audiolab
DC Block
499
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Released
2021
The DC Block has been designed to improve the quality of AC electricity that feeds our audio and AV systems. Mains electricity has a fundamental influence on the audio signal as it passes through a system, from source to amp to speakers. The mains supply in a typical dwelling is subject to interference induced by a range of issues, causing the AC waveform to distort before it reaches each component. This creates noise in the audio signal, which degrades sound quality – a situation that continues to worsen as the electrical devices we use in our homes proliferate.
Audiolab is a hifi brand known for its unique streaming platform from Pixel Magic, which enables over-the-air updates and wide audio format compatibility including DSD. Their amplifiers and components feature distinctive capabilities like HDMI ARC inputs, user-selectable digital filters for sound customization, and advanced filtering technology in their pre/power amps.
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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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Audiolab is a hifi brand known for its unique streaming platform from Pixel Magic, which enables over-the-air updates and wide audio format compatibility including DSD. Their amplifiers and components feature distinctive capabilities like HDMI ARC inputs, user-selectable digital filters for sound customization, and advanced filtering technology in their pre/power amps.
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TCI Cables
Constrictor
277
/
Released
TCI Constrictor Powerblock use advanced construction and materials to create a cable that filters RFI interference being transmitted down internal house wiring. Effecting upto 6 pieces of equipment, the TCI Constrictor 6 way powerblock represents excellent value for money.
TCI Cables designs and handmakes their cables in the UK, using aerospace technology and materials like silver-plated copper conductors with PTFE and Kapton tape insulation. The brand stands out by designing their own termination plugs and offering custom cable lengths and unusual terminations, along with specialized RFI filtering mains leads to reduce noise and improve sound quality.
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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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TCI Cables designs and handmakes their cables in the UK, using aerospace technology and materials like silver-plated copper conductors with PTFE and Kapton tape insulation. The brand stands out by designing their own termination plugs and offering custom cable lengths and unusual terminations, along with specialized RFI filtering mains leads to reduce noise and improve sound quality.
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