Audiophile Breaker Panels

madmax
madmax Posts: 12,434
in 2 Channel Audio
Didn't even know such a thing existed!

http://www.equitech.com/products/wall/wall.html
Vinyl, the final frontier...

Avantgarde horns, 300b tubes, thats the kinda crap I want... :D
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 25,441
    WOW mine would be 670 lbs
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  • lightman1
    lightman1 Posts: 10,788
    I see an opportunity to go back into the residential field. Who wants to try it first. I'm licensed in most states.
    That is on serious panel board and I've wired up many a fancy control panel in my day.
    Major $$$$ for good power.
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 25,441
    edited March 2016
    you're not coming anywhere near my bushes Russ :p
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,165
    edited March 2016
    Since all gear pretty much sounds the same, clean power is a non-issue. Plus double blind testing (the best audio testing ever) say there is no difference between a drop cord supplying power of 1000lbs of special panels. It just plain doesn't matter.

    H9
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
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  • lightman1
    lightman1 Posts: 10,788
    heiney9 wrote: »
    Since all gear pretty much sounds the same, clean power is a non-issue. Plus double blind testing (the best audio testing ever) say there is no difference between a drop cord supplying power of 1000lbs of special panels. It just plain doesn't matter.

    H9

    Liar. Pants on fire.
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,590
    edited March 2016
    madmax wrote: »
    Didn't even know such a thing existed!

    http://www.equitech.com/products/wall/wall.html

    Since there is no price listed, I'm going to assume the standard "If you have to ask how much it costs, you probably cant afford it".... hehehehe

    @lightman1 ... I'd let you install it in my house lol... I've been trying to get @ZLTFUL to wire me up for quite some time.... but he keeps coming up with excuses...
    "....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963)
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  • lightman1
    lightman1 Posts: 10,788
    No worries Dan. You buy, I fly. Interesting piece of work. Gonna study up on it a little more tonight. I'm still working, lighting up the banks of the mighty Mississippi river.
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  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,285
    There are cheaper ways of doing isolation transformers

    I'm on the road will post more later
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  • Speedskater
    Speedskater Posts: 495
    So is everything inside the box UL listed for that particular use?
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  • lightman1
    lightman1 Posts: 10,788
    Speedskater wrote: »
    So is everything inside the box UL listed for that particular use?

    Couldn't sell it it it wasn't. Any electrical inspector worth his salt will check for UL listings on the equipment. Or have it independently verified by a third party with proper credentials in such matters.
    Fire marshals freak out over unlisted items as well.
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  • Speedskater
    Speedskater Posts: 495
    The can sell it.
    You just can't legally install it, in your AC power system.
    Not all jurisdictions have enough good inspectors and fire marshals to check out every installation. But when the building burns down, that's another matter.
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  • Inspector 24
    Inspector 24 Posts: 1,308
    edited March 2016
    Shut up and take my money. But I need to know how much?!?

    Edit: They start a $9,000. NEVERMIND!
    http://www.equitech.com/purchase/contractorprices.html
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    Inspector 24 wrote: »
    Shut up and take my money. But I need to know how much?!?

    Edit: They start a $9,000. NEVERMIND!
    http://www.equitech.com/purchase/contractorprices.html

    Cheapskate. :smile:
    Vinyl, the final frontier...

    Avantgarde horns, 300b tubes, thats the kinda crap I want... :D
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  • lightman1
    lightman1 Posts: 10,788
    Speedskater wrote: »
    The can sell it.
    You just can't legally install it, in your AC power system.
    Not all jurisdictions have enough good inspectors and fire marshals to check out every installation. But when the building burns down, that's another matter.

    Pulling permits and getting the job inspected and documented will save your patootie in those instances.
    I've had some "general contractors" ask me not to pull a permit in some jobs. I would tell them the cost of the job just quadrupled and cash before I start the job.
    They saw fit to have a permit pulled. ;)
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  • Inspector 24
    Inspector 24 Posts: 1,308
    madmax wrote: »
    Inspector 24 wrote: »
    Shut up and take my money. But I need to know how much?!?

    Edit: They start a $9,000. NEVERMIND!
    http://www.equitech.com/purchase/contractorprices.html

    Cheapskate. :smile:

    Yes. :p

    If I get to that level of serious I'll make my own. :lol:

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  • cstibitz
    cstibitz Posts: 14
    very interesting, I work for a very big name in panel board and breaker manufacturing and have never heard of such a thing. I think its a bit strange that the webpage looks like it is still in old school html code too, but hey so is Blue Jean cables.
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  • lightman1
    lightman1 Posts: 10,788
    cstibitz wrote: »
    very interesting, I work for a very big name in panel board and breaker manufacturing and have never heard of such a thing. I think its a bit strange that the webpage looks like it is still in old school html code too, but hey so is Blue Jean cables.

    Square d
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    Curtis
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,029
    If a thing such as a fuse, a PC or an electrical outlet can make positive changes with a system then why would anybody think that an electrical panel will not make a difference?

    Not confronting you Heiney9 (believe me I'm not) but I was a little shocked to hear you write that. Was that comment sarcastic in nature?

    I had provided a photo of an extreme A/C panel years ago and I tried to find it again to no avail. The price tag on this one was closer to 40K or so based off of this old man's memory, so 9K is a relative bargain.

    Tom
    ~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~
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  • agfrost
    agfrost Posts: 2,428
    treitz3 wrote: »
    Not confronting you Heiney9 (believe me I'm not) but I was a little shocked to hear you write that. Was that comment sarcastic in nature?

    Tom

    Brock is neither in the "all gear sounds the same" camp nor the "A/B blind testing is the only way to judge gear" camp, so his post is definitely sarcasm.
    Jay
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