NAT Audio Power Conditioner

bonzo75

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Has anyone tried and A/Bed the NAT Audio Power conditioner? I have heard it in a system but never ABed it, and wanted to check as I like their pre and power amps

http://www.nataudio.com/products/all-products/accessory/item/31-xenon.html

It's a Serbian translation " It contains special tube that has almost ZERO voltage drop inside a bulb no matter of power consumption! So if a system consumes for example 500VA (W) and “goes” (during a high dynamic passage) to 1000VA (W) or higher, voltage drop inside a bulb will be approx. the same as before (ZERO). Also there is no any electromagnetic radiation like in a transformer type of conditioners! There is also no voltage drop as in with transformer – so more dynamics for the system (for “music”) over filtration. Medium inside a bulb contains plasma that in conjunction with the rest of filtration circuit act as approx. limitless power filter! For the reference information, tube 5545 may give at peak 80A of current – means by mathematical calculation over 18.400 VA (W) of peak output power while sub-peak for 0.1sec.(over 10Hz) it is huge 1.120A – equal to 257.600 VA (W) of peak power output – it is over 250kVA (kW)! With standard continuous power of over 2.500VA (W) there is a capability to supply with clean power almost any type of High-End system.
Tubes are by N.O.S. (new old stock) grade and have high reliability."

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Ron Resnick

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I do not remotely know what to make of the description of this device.
 

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It means nothing other than the device doesn't appear to limit current but there's other ways to have dynamics limited they may not be accounting for...

There's zero mention of how or why it filters anything. It may be nothing more than an expensive power strip. From friend to friend, and someone who builds power conditioners, I wouldn't touch it based on what we've seen.
 

Ron Resnick

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. . . There's zero mention of how or why it filters anything. . . .

Exactly. I don't understand how it purports to filter anything.
 

JackD201

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Interesting. This is now the second Thyratron tube AC power product I've seen.
 

Folsom

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VH audio sells some sorts of them, at least I trust Chris, but I'm still not sold on them. No one will say what exactly they do, and that website is like a broken English ramble of a sort about trying to say it doesn't pinch current...
 

Zero000

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The point is it is filled with Xenon and it looks very Flash Gordon original series.

Quite why I don't seem to have a picture of it in my myriad of show photos I do not know. It definitely looks very cool if somewhat unstable/freaky in the way the Xenon glows.

My Krypton filled OD3 voltage regs look cool in my 211 amps.

But mercury filled rectifiers are where it is at. If you don't have those in your system, well, honestly. You've no cred. None. Zero. Zilsch.
 
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Zero000

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Proper mercury arc rectifier. Bit noisy for hi-fi use LOL.

Love it.

 

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[video]https://m.youtube.com/watch?list=PL83961851DA91ECA7&v=G7qMVYf85sM[/video]
 

Pallen

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I'm curious to know if anyone has heard and evaluated this NAT Audio Power conditioner, and has a view on it.
 

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