considering it has completely eliminated background noise in my system it is certainly more than a glorified power strip. Turn the amp on and ALL the way up, nothing coming out of the speaker.
I think it is not a traditional power conditioner.
Chris mentions it is like the "Hot Box" but not as good.
actually he never says that, I'll quote the VenHaus website....
Need more outlets than "The Hot Box" has? The Furutech e-TP60 is a similar concept which delivers performance close to The Hot Box (when used with a Flavor 4). Although not quite the same as the "The Hot Box", this is the best solution I've found for people who want pure power delivery without the fluff.
seems to me he has a tough time explaining exactly what the etp60 does and the best he can do is compare the etp60 to his hotbox while admitting that the two pieces of gear do not work identically.
So what does the etp60 do? Well I'll quote the VenHaus site again
Features:
Like an antenna receives radio waves, the e-TP60 utilizes "GC-303", in a non-contact way, effectively absorbing the electromagnetic waves of the internal fittings. This also avoids the degradation of audio quality that is common to traditional power filters as current is filtered through a series of passive components. The GC-303 is attached to the chassis of the e-TP60 using a special EPOXY resin, which won't come off and is absolutely safe. The chassis utilizes aluminum at aviation industry level to effectively shield externally induced noise (RFI). Lastly, the receptacles and IEC inlet used are Furutech's own, which assures you of outstanding quality. Furutech's other (larger) units are available by special order.
it appears that Chris has lifted much of his language from Furutech's website which describes the etp60 thusly...
Summary：
This newly developed component is designed for setting today`s common problem of AV equipment`s inability to perform at its peak level due to contaminated electrical power.
Features：
Like antenna receives radio waves, the GC-303, in a non-contact way, effectively absorbs the electromagnetic waves conducted by all of the internal fittings; and skillfully avoids the degradation of audio quality that are commonly occurred to traditional power filters as electricity currents are filtered through a series of passive components. This is so-called “antenna effects” of GC-303.
GC-303 is attached to the chassis using special EPOXY resin, which is completely free of coming off and absolutely safe.
*GC-303 is the special material paved on the chassis for absorbing electromagnetic waves.
‧Vertical noise filters that could cause degradation to audio quality and horizontal Noise filters that could cause negative side effects to audio quality are absolutely not used in the direct outlets, because as the electricity currents pass filters, audio output becomes less leaping and less powerful.
‧The brand new theory of noise processing that is applied to this product is to deliver the pure electricity using GC-303 to absorb noises in a non-contact way and the aluminum materials at aviation industry level to effectively shields off the invasion of foreign noises.
Alloy aluminum at aviation industry level: completely shields the invasion of radioactive noise.
GC-303: absorbs and reduces the conductible noises transmitted via the conductor wires and the fittings.
So it appears that the Furutech etp60 does indeed clean up the electrical power arriving from the wall, though in a way that differs from the function of traditional power conditioners. It certainly is more than a glorified power strip.
Here's another indepth description at Harmonic Tech
http://www.harmonictech.com/product_detail_furutech.asp?keyword=44
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