February 21, 2006

P300

Got the PS Audio P300 last week and it is an interesting device. I've experimented with several of the features, but found the default to be best so far. I think I may need to swap out various power cables, but it seems to have improved the mid range and the bass has tightened up and gotten deeper. It is powering the front end and the martin logans, which is:

Meridian 500
Meridian 518
MSB Nelson Link III with PowerBase1000
McCormack TLC-1 Rev A
Martin Logan Aeons
Acurus Act III

I ran out of outlets so I'm using the furman pro plug (SS6B) power strip for 6 extra outlets until I can get a PS Audio juice bar from audiogon. Some multiwave modes don't work at all for the electrostatic speakers (they just don't turn on), and most of the ones that do work seem to flatten the stage out. It gets a lot wider, but much less focused which is not my cup of tea, so I'm sticking with the standard sine wave for now at 60Hz. All this equipment uses about 80 watts according to the P300, though I'm never using all of it at any given time. I tried plugging the tv into it but it pretty much went into overload instantly, so I abandoned that idea. I should be getting the 15amp power port tomorrow into which I will plug everything, including the P300.

Posted by Mike at February 21, 2006 11:48 PM