Something New Has Arrived :~)

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As a product designer/developers we have long been aware of the need for low noise power in our research, development and testing environments, and have gone to great lengths to achieve it; transformers, filters, regenerators, dedicated lines, battery systems, etc., all with varying degrees of success.  However, when done well, the improvement helps us discern differences in our designs otherwise buried in the noise floor.

 

Over the last few years we’ve been lucky to have been able to experience Tim Marutani’s 512 Engineering product evolve to what it has become today.  Andrew Jones and I had used one version or another of the product at trade shows as far back as 2017.  While usually exceeding the cost of our entire demo system, we were constantly amazed at how the improved quietness, clarity and reduction in grain allowed us to “look deeper” into the music.  Hotel power is notoriously bad, but we never had a problem with the 512 in place, and were always able to perform impressive demonstrations.

 

You have very likely not heard everything your system can do if you are not using one of these transformers.  While obviously very expensive, most people deeply into this audio hobby pay way more for much less.   

 

I am jealous that Chris has not just one, but two of them for his sound room.  Lucky guy!  

 

Peter Madnick

Consulting Audio Engineer

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I presume you do not have either a schematic or manufacturing specification for the 512 Engineering transformer?  Nor do I.  I can tell you that the specifications were so difficult to achieve that a world-wide search resulted in very few manufacturers willing to even try, and fewer still who were capable.  Many of the other components are similarly difficult to source,  The results of all this work is a remarkable product.  While that, perhaps, is not of value to yourself, the company has found it has been to every potential customer who has evaluated it so far.