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Essential Sound Products's Essence Reference Power Distributor
Power Conditioners by Essential Sound Products
Manufacturer's Description:
TheEssence REFERENCE POWER DISTRIBUTOR represents an engineering 'tour de force'; the embodyment of an interdisciplinary approach to design and development, to achieve its state-of-the-art performance. Below are just some of the POWER DISTRIBUTOR's features and their performance benefits when connected to your audio equipment:
TheEssence REFERENCE POWER DISTRIBUTOR:
Anti-Resonant, RFI-Shielding Aluminum Chassis. The unique ribbed profile and cylindrical shape is designed for maximum rigidity. The POWER DISTRIBUTOR chassis' wall thickness constantly varies to provide a high level of internal damping. Aluminum is also a a superior chassis material due to its non-magnetic and shielding properties. The extruded chassis components are finished in the same manner as your automobile. First, an e-coat primer is applied to seal the surface and ensure optimal paint adhesion. Next a silver metallic color coat of paint is applied, followed by a hard, clear coat. The finish is at once beautiful and durable.
Polycarbonate Endcaps. Polycarbonate is one of the toughest, most chemically inert plastic materials available. It is also extremely impact resistant. Despite its premium price, the combination of extreme strength and beauty makes polycarbonate the material of choice to anchor the ends of the POWER DISTRIBUTOR.
Eight Hospital-Grade, Isolated-Ground Receptacles custom manufactured by Leviton to our specifications, provide the ultimate in electrical conductivity and mechanical integrity. Hospital-grade (green dot) electrical components must pass additional abuse tests earn this designation. Line and neutral triple-wipe contacts are made from electrical-grade bronze, which is over 98% copper as compared to only 2/3 copper content in typical brass contacts. Like copper, bronze contributes to a more natural warm sound quality. Our receptacles also feature isolated ground (orange triangle) contacts formed from a single brass stamping, which is physically separate from the chassis and shield grounding. This separation helps prevent RFI contamination.
2-Stage Current Overload Protection. The POWER DISTRIBUTOR now includes mode-1 surge suppression consisting of 340 jules of spike and surge protection. Mode-1 surge suppression (between line and neutral legs of the circuit) is the only protection mode appropriate for an audio/video component system, where digital and analog interconnects create a potential secondary path for surge currents to damage your equipment. This potential path is created when surge suppression is implemented in other modes that connect to system ground. A fast-blow (ceramic body) user servicable fuse also provides protection for severe overload situations.
Filled With Damping Material to Control Vibrations. You are aware that vibrations cause distortion in electrical circuits due to the formation of eddy currents. Vibration can be transmitted to your equipment through the air and structure; in most cases the floor. This is the reason why the POWER DISTRIBUTOR is filled with a proprietary potting material that coats inner chassis walls and encapsulates all internal wiring, damping vibrations before they can compromise electrical performance.
Custom Designed Multi-Conductor Internal Wiring. TheEssence REFERENCE power cord is hard-wired to the POWER DISTRIBUTOR. The objective is to match the electrical performance of the cord in separate line, neutral, and ground legs of the circuit that connect to each receptacle. Our custom designed shielded cabling is the answer. Constructed using the same sized conductors as the cord, its completes the seamless transfer. Internal connection is executed in a 'star' configuration meaning each receptacle is connected independently and directly to the cord, effectively isolating each duplex pair.
HEAR THE DIFFERENCE...
Improved Dynamics from percussion, to brass, to strings, to vocals, macrodynamics are significantly improved.
Extended Range at both frequency extremes; i.e. deeper bass and more extended treble.
Greater Focus including tighter bass and more specific image location within the soundstage.
Greater Resolution low-level information such as room acoustics are more apparent and microdynamics are rendered more natural.