Mains regenerator

[Mikeandvan]

Thinking of buying a mains regenerator as I live above a busy restaurant and suspect my power supply may be causing some of my hi fi woes, is it worth a punt?

[struth]

To quote Kenny Dalgleish... maybes aye, maybes naw..:eyebrows: Can help if there is a lot of crap or your mains varies a lot.. Gazza has mine, you could have tried it but alas its an odd shape for a box, and damn heavy t'boot

[Mikeandvan]

To quote Kenny Dalgleish... maybes aye, maybes naw..:eyebrows: Can help if there is a lot of crap or your mains varies a lot.. Gazza has mine, you could have tried it but alas its an odd shape for a box, and damn heavy t'boot

Thanks Grant, I think it depends - as you say - on how clean your mains is to start with, that's why for some people they're a good investment and others they do nothing, think I'll give it a try at £300. The AG1500.

[Opti-cal]

Given your location (above a spike inducing power sapping buzz generating restaurant!) a proper re-generator (rather than just a conditioner) will work very well I should bet.

Even with fairly good mains I think they're a good investment. They don't sap the dynamics like certain power "conditioners" can.

I've noticed Quad electronics really appreciate clean power too. I have 57's/63's/303 and a QSP on the way . . . hoping its like a 909 but new!

[Mikeandvan]

Well I gone and bought the AG1500, see how I get on with it.

[Mikeandvan]

Given your location (above a spike inducing power sapping buzz generating restaurant!) a proper re-generator (rather than just a conditioner) will work very well I should bet.

Even with fairly good mains I think they're a good investment. They don't sap the dynamics like certain power "conditioners" can.

I've noticed Quad electronics really appreciate clean power too. I have 57's/63's/303 and a QSP on the way . . . hoping its like a 909 but new!
What are 63's? I love my 909, bass is so spot on, and everything else great, I consider it my first real hifi amp. Despite what some think, I think its in a different league to the 306.

[struth]

What are 63's? I love my 909, bass is so spot on, and everything else great, I consider it my first real hifi amp. Despite what some think, I think its in a different league to the 306.63s are electrostatic panel speakers like 57s

[Mikeandvan]

63s are electrostatic panel speakers like 57s

Bloody 'ell he's got two pairs! House clearance dream!

[montesquieu]

'How much for the radiators?'

[Mikeandvan]

'How much for the radiators?'

:lol:

[Opti-cal]

Bloody 'ell he's got two pairs! House clearance dream!

She wishes . . . no, she really does. However I've cut down massively on my cleaning of car parts in the sink so I've got a small amount left in the understanding spouse bank. Fast running out though I sense . . . I wouldn't live with me, I'll put it that way.

[Opti-cal]

63s are electrostatic panel speakers like 57s

Indeed, the 57's are currently boxed up after a full refurbishment though. Have only made it out for testing purposes.

I've fondled with the idea of selling them a few times but I just can't bring myself to do it. The 63's are the more well rounded speaker but the 57's just have an inner mid-range beauty the likes of which I've never heard.

Plus they make your undies stand on end when you're drying them on top!

[Mikeandvan]

Bloody hell this thing is big, I put it on the kitchen worktop, couldn't find anywhere else! Well puts out a steady 230v, with fluctuations of 0.2-0.5v. Great! Got all my kit hooked upto it apart from the TT which has its own Project speedbox. Sounds a bit better I think , but then my system always did at night, give it a few days......

[struth]

Good stuff. Yup they are an odd shape so keep box in case u sell it

[anthonyTD]

Back to the original posters heading,
Proper Mains regenerator's are themselve's power amplifiers, therefore, depending on the type of configuration [class A, AB1, AB2, B, and so on] can be very wasteful if left on continuously.
The best versions also have the ability to set the output frequency to pretty much anything, within reason, however; you still need to know how much wattage your likely to want to pull from the unit, again, its a power amplifier, so; if your equipment needs a few hundred watts, then that's basicaly what the regenerator output has to supply, on the other hand; if it needs in excess of a few thousand watts, then, well, i think you know where i am coming from. :)
Just my ramblings, i see there is another post in the sale's section looking for one, and for obvious reasons i couldnt comment in there. :)
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