SNAKE OIL?! or HOLY GRAIL?!

"ABX audiophiles" - proceeds to use a bunch of superlatives and adjectives to tell us his subjective thoughts with zero ABX testing, about a product which is highly questionable from an objective standpoint. True ABX tests eliminate a LOT of the audiophile BS. When you have your amp raised up on special feet, like that matters, you know you're not dealing with an objective audiophile. Maybe the power conditioner helped, maybe it didn't, with no ABX test or measurements we will never know; all we get are subjective memory-based impressions.

Paul's regenerators are probably the best in the business..They are basically an amp that regenerates the ac signal to clean ac.. The new ones work slightly differently..However I did a rewire and that does cost a lot with a really good ground. It is the best. You should watch Michael and his video..The mains here in the UK is 230V so it's a little different and I think our mains is actually cleaner..Conditioners can and usually add noise so they defeat the purpose..

I believe the 50/60hz) current cycle been boost up very high to achieve such a effect

Awesome job on the Multiwave! Cheers

All good systems need to take care of the following 4 areas - clean power, anti vibration, cabling, room acoustics.

I received the Volti Razz, I am totally blown away…what a huge improvement…my wife is freaking out having you over sorry…you need to get your hands on this speaker…Chuck in Puyallup

Very cool.
Much appreciated.

I don't see the links for caps??

This is a prime example of placebo effect. The only way you could make any sort of claim more defined bass, more dynamics, etcetera is if you did a blind AB test. Just think about it, you we're so excited to get this and your emotions will convince you that it must sound better with the power plant in the mix. And I've always had this question. If power regenerators are so fantastic how come barely any HiFi manufacturers even make them? It's pretty simple to figure out that it's snake oil

Buy a solder sucker for a few bucks and it will make your life SO easy. I do a lot of DIY electronics and I always kid with my buddies that the most used tool is always the solder sucker! When you took out the caps all you would do is heat the lead and suck the solder on each side you could pull out the cap in 30 sec. or less.

Total waste of money / rip off.

that's a Beautiful Beast you got there. Great/Neat job on the restoration. Kudos
i don't have a re-generator , Filter , or power conditioner. but i always wonder IF IT'S A GOOD IDEA to have a dedicated power line from the Panel straight to your re-generator, and from that to your System ?. Glad the restoration was well worth it..thank you . great video.

Good job. 👍 🐻

Would be curious how they perform against 19" Racked Studio Power Conditionner, I own a Black Lion Audio PG2 (F Type i'm in France), and it's been one of the most noticeable upgrade in my system !

Looks like a 1 or 1.5 KVA frame tranny, much cheaper & magnet field inducing than an equivalent toroidal t/former. Still, with basic components, it ain't that expensive to convert A.C. to D.C. & back to A.C. again, so I suppose you pay for the name & hi-fi public's respect for certain the $5'K jobs, the casing they threw about looks like the single most expensive part here. I'd have done the same total internal inspection as you did, I could hardly wait for the replaced cap' upgrades on this unit. I never heard any difference when I borrowed one, but the varying quality of mains counts, cheap half-wave rectifiers on cheap electrical gear puts D.C. on yer mains line, even if it's coming from a house up the road on the same street main's circuit from local sub-stations.
P.S. there's a miss conception that electricity flows out your plug like water, there is an analogy but only relating vallances of electrons passing down a wire, but all out electrical equipment sits in-between your neutral & live wires, & as it's A.C. = in both directions, it don't matter if your the nearest house or the furthest house away from a main power or local sub power station, a polluted mains effects all houses ='y along the grid's lines. Maybe because I live rurally, very few houses around local substation, I get far less polluted (by D.C. put back on the A.C. line from half-wave rectifiers & such like, so heard no difference, I won't say which because I like the companies philosophy
P.S. I love his companies phono stage I'd had for 18'months & loved their older pjono-stsges & pre-amps... .. .

i have Lite p100 , without this, the sound just the crap!!!!!!!!!no matters the dac or other things.

Great Video.. thanks

Glad I saw this video. There's tons of PS audio power conditioners on my local FB marketplace.

I hope those sheets you put in weren't thermal BARRIERS. I'm not an electrician but I think that paste is there to help transfer the heat.

Talking of “snake oil”, I auditioned some £10k Accuphase amps and £22k Fyne speakers yesterday (not in my price range I should add, just for fun) and the shop owner demonstrated his own range of HiFi furniture and very small acoustic cones, that he manufactures from some “secret” blend of basically rubber and plastic. These are placed… plonked… on top of the speakers and are said to dramatically improve the performance of the speakers. We listened to the intro to London’s Calling quite a few times and he said there was a clear improvement but i didn’t hear anything different. We discussed this in some detail and he’s 100% convinced. Then he added that some his customers have placed these cones all over their listening rooms, even on top of power supplies and cables, with amazing results! He then told me that the 3-shelved unit was £7k!!! Seven thousand pounds! I didn’t ask how much each cone cost as I’d damaged my jaw as it hit the ground 🤕 People… “Audiophiles” can easily convince themselves (myself?) of sonic improvements but I’m very sceptical of a lot of these claims. By the way, this system was very good, but worth nearly £30k more than mine? Not a chance 🎵🎶😎 great channel. I really like the open baffle speakers posts

Iron Worker audiophile? I think I finally found the audio tribe I belong in!
I repair welding equipment for a living and I am building an electronics repair bench for my growing audio gear repair hobby.
About the heat sink compound - cleaning it off and replacing it is always a good idea.
Be careful not scratch the aluminum heat sink surface.
Using thermal pads with paste, especially old dried out paste may not be such a good plan.
Sense the welding machines I repair pass hundreds of amps of current, I do all I can to be sure components stay as cooled as possible.
All the very best, Kevin

I really dig these kinds of "projects"

Clean power makes a big difference. When I built my house, I had a dedicated power line put in for my hifi. Shielded cable to power cleaner sockets. RF shielding on all power cables, since I always have a mobile phone and two WLAN access points in the room. Great video, James. All the best, Rob in Switzerland

Good work.. Did you also replace the other smaller electrolytic caps?

i use a small PS Audio regenerator on my low voltage gear including my turntable. My amp has SMPSs so there is no need for a regenerator. There is no noise in my system.

Great find!

Clean power saves fuses, helps turntable stability on speed and prolonges tube life in tube amps. Most people's power has noise and fluctuate s ...mine 226 to 236 volts at my place. Thor holds it at 240 volts. Sure you can pay big dollars for one like the PS unit. I heard a $1000000 system with this in it...everything counts at that level. Choose one to suite your budget but I say yes all day.

Solder suckers and the fluxed wicking braid both work well. Worth having both. Saw a video where a series of pins can be desoldered and removed in in one operation by first soldering a solid copper solid wire along each joint. Then heat the copper bar with a heavier hot tip and the copper bar heats all connections in one heating source and melts every joint by conduction.
Great video!!!!

id love to own one of these.

When caps bulge like that - they are NG. They lose value over time even without leaking. And the devices that are against the heat sinks are transistors - the 3 leads is an indicator that they are transistors.

My experience with conditioners and regenerators is, you won't notice how good it is until you take it out of the system.

I wait to hear Davidcross890 product.

That's why i love this channel.

Awesome video and awesome job James!

Good work James. Way to tackle another project and get awesome results.

Can't wait to hear this in my system!

Cleaner power will most always help. Happy to hear you experience the difference and great job taking the time and efforts in fixing the unit to improve it from where it was

Well if the paste is dry remove it if it's still wet pliable than you'll be alright but you don't want to put it on dry paste it won't transmit the heat. Best capacitors are power capacitors work out about a dollar to $10 depending on size they have the lowest resistance of all capacitors Kermit capacitors are the best longevity. What was the make of the original capacitors?
yeah you got the right approach with your speakers a slotted baffle for the bass woofer👍

Great video my friend. Very interesting. I have been skeptical of these types of devices in the past. Your experience may change my mind. Thanks.

Clean power baby!

To me it's more of a snake grail