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Keith Martin is the founder and managing director of Isotek, which is distributed by Vana Ltd.
With regards to power line AC conditioners my tendency is to be fascinated, impressed, and concernedoften in equal measures. My nerdy science self exclaims"It's about the earth ground and an infinite supply of free electrons." My audiophile self shouts, "What possible good can another shunt RCL impedance do?" My cheapskate self enjoins, "These prices are ridiculous!" But my music-loving self is forced to admit; sometimes these things really are worth the added expense.
The new $499, EVO3 Polaris from a UK firm called IsoTek may just silence those voices in my head. It is simple, there's no hocus-pocus, it pays special attention to the ground plane and, when attached by the EVO3 Premier line cords ($199 each)it appeared to reduce noise without compressing the music signal.
Keith Martin is the founder and managing director of Isotek, which is distributed by Vana Ltd.