A $250 Power Conditioner?


Howard reviews the Puron, which is a small AC power conditioner ($250 USD) "plug" that is distributed by Vera-Fi Audio. It’s said to cleanse the electronic circuit that feeds and audio system. Many tweaks cost a pretty penny for little or no performance increase. Is that the case here?

 

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Question to Puron users:

I have only 1 Puron installed on the empty port in the 20 amp dedicated line that feeds the power conditioner. The other 20 amp dedicated line is used to power the brick that powers my audio server (windows machine). Since it is a SMPS, I am wondering if it will benefit, by adding another Puron on that empty port.

Thoughts?

Milpai my experience every time I added one , I get more improvement, I have 5 now.My bet it will improve.

It’s pretty rare IME that a “tweak” — or anything for that matter — gets such consistently strong reviews. Townshend Seismic spring platforms/footers are one such example, but these are quickly moving toward making that elite list especially given the relatively low cost for the meaningful benefits they seem to provide. Thanks for bringing these to our attention!

I will say this as someone who only uses a single puron

It does make music sound more real. You would have to hear it for yourself. I have very expensive electronics. Im very fond of my stealth audio and nordost cabling though-out and i love my synergystic  power conditioner but none of them ever made certain songs sound so realistic.
It could be the culmination of everything though. I cant just say it was the puron thats not fair to my other components 

my only complaint, which is a rather large one, is that some songs sound too aggressive/ bright with the puron vs when i take it out that tension seems to go away. But like i said its not for all tracks and my wife hasnt noticed (but im very sensitive to it)

 

the cool thing about the puron, its VERY noticeable in effect. Something unbelievable for only $250

this is not something where you have to say.. hmm well i think its doing something? You dont have to a/b it, the effect isnt subtle 

thats why i like it but its not a true power conditioner in the sense it will do anything to actually filter your ac…. Which is a good thing because like i said earlier thats a very expensive endevour and most products that try to do so struggle and this includes both the p20 and also the entire line from stromtank which can be in the tens of thousands of dollars for some models

from what I understand this actually tries to override noise with more pleasant noise (some noise sounds good to the human ears) which is possibly why the guy with 8 of these is getting high noise readings

 

finally to touch back on the brightness topic. Im not being completely fair to rhe puron. Its just one piece of a larger system. Im due for a dac upgrade. I think the mola mola tambaqui will help smooth out the sound and give me what i want.

Also i have been using a generic ethernet cable for streaming. Im sure when my new cable comes things will improve even more