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Post Subject: PP+3000 vs. PP2000... to comePosted by manisandher on: 9/5/2012

Paul, I'm happy to compare the new PP+3000 to my old PP2000 and share my findings. The new unit has arrived in the UK from Canada and should be at my place this Friday.
It's true, I didn't particularly like the sound of the PP2000 running from its regenerator when I first received it. And though I loved the sound from its battery I just couldn't live with having to constantly switch between the two whenever I wanted to listen to music. In any event, I ended up with a pair of class A monos which made running from the battery totally impractical. The PP2000 then sat down in the basement gathering dust. Meanwhile earlier this year, I switched to a fully balanced AC set up. Even being fed by the house AC, the two 5KW balanced transformers sound very good. My dedicated earth sits on the secondary of the transformers, so is isolated from the AC feeding the transformers. But I wondered whether the PP2000 might do a better job at feeding the balanced transformers than the house AC, and it seems I was right - the sound has been elevated quite a bit with the PP2000, even in regenerator mode.
I'm not really expecting the PP+3000 to sound better than the PP2000. Actually the only thing I'd like to change about the sound I'm getting right now will be impossible unless I change my speakers. So the PP+3000 isn't really in the quest for better sound. I just wanted another unit so that I could feed the two 5KW balanced transformers separately from two PP units. But of course if the sound is improved in some way, I'll happily take that.
Mani.

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