Cleans up Noisy Mains AC Power Supplies
Your household AC 'mains' power supply is the 'gasoline' that fuels an audio system. And, whether it is clean or contaminated, it has a material impact upon the quality and enjoyment of playback. The AC iPurifier is the latest iFi product from the 'power products' stable to clean up noisy mains AC power supplies.
The AC iPurifier is no ordinary AC powerline purification product. Technologically advanced, it's an active not a passive product so it goes above and beyond and cancels far more noise across the frequency range than other passive devices.
Six Levels of Conditioning and Protection
The AC iPurifier provides six levels of conditioning and protection, beginning with Active Noise Cancellation (ANC), a military technology providing the most advanced noise-cancellation available. iFi's Wireless Purification System is a complex circuit that significantly reduces power-line noise without audible or visible side-effects.
Additionally, the AC iPurifier offers a ground/earth connection diagnostic, which detects if you are missing the ground/earth, while the polarity connection diagnostic detects the presence of a polarity fault. Audio Earth connection adds a solid Ground/Earth with ground-loop prevention circuit built-in. There is also overvoltage surge protection with auto-recovery.
Latest Purification Product to Benefit from ANC Technology
The AC iPurifier is the latest purification product to benefit from ANC technology. ince developing Active Noise Cancellation (ANC) in-house, iFi has utilized it in all the relevant products from the iPower all the way up to the micro iUSB3.0. As its name suggests, ANC cancels the noise which makes it one of the few power accessories on the market, if not the only one, that actively cancels noise.
Wireless Purification System
The Wireless Purification System (WPS) is a complex circuit that reduces power line noise without audible or measurable side-effects. This is important because such solutions, while attempting to curb noise, also hamper dynamics. This is not the case with the AC iPurifier.
Modular design to suppress noise
With many modern audio systems, there are typically a plethora of AC power cables and plugs. All of these add their own unwanted noise issues and pollute the local mains supply. The design of the AC iPurifier is such that it is even more effective if several iPurifiers are used to 'contain' the same type of noisy sources. You can plug an iPurifier into the AC mains wall outlet that supplies the audio system OR plug it into the mains extension block for the audio system. Try both locations to discover which has the greatest impact on improved sonics.
Intelligent Ground connection
There are more than a few AC clean-up devices that add an extra ground but only the AC iPurifier has 'Intelligent Ground'. You can buy the optional extra 4mm ground cable to give the audio system the best possible ground, but it will ONLY actively provide a ground if it detects the lack of one. It will not create a ground loop.
'Smart Polarity and Ground' Detection
When it comes to mains AC, there are two common errors which people can make when setting up a system. The first has to do with polarity and the incorrect orientation of your power cord plug. Intelligent Polarity automatically informs you of incorrect orientation by changing to a red LED. The second error is the lack of a ground. Simply insert the AC iPurifier into the system and it will tell you if you are lacking a ground. When the two LEDs (below) light up green everything is in order.
