CS947 Tacima 6 Way Mains Conditioner with Surge Protection

Didn't know quite what to expect from this, but I have to say its an excellent product, I am not one to hear something thats not there and I know every little sound on my Cd's and all I can say is the sound is sharper and clearer than before, I was pleasantly surprised, certainly worth the money.

Of all the electrical goods I own my hifi equipment is by far my most important to me and having it all surge protected is a must especially as several times in the past I have witnessed other people suffer from equipment failure because they didn't have or believe in surge protection . Having recently moved my equipment to another part of the room the leads on them didn't reach the existing surge protection system so I looked at one expressly for my hifi and eventually came across this particular one, now I must explain that the "claims" of cleaning the electricity input via this I took with the proverbial pinch of salt (still do) I'm not a follower of the " hifi snake oil" community and rather, I purchased it on price being similar to the cost of my existing one ... in retrospect DOES it make a "sonic " difference? Well, I'm still enjoying listening to music so sort of yes because I don't worry about my enjoyment being ruined by a spike or surge damaging my equipment, build quality as it stands is about as good as you could expect from something that has to comply with the current electricity safety regulations and as all these things should do it runs silently, lastly the mains lead is quite generous and allows me to tuck the unit discreetly away a top buy just for the peace of mind it gives.

We have a running machine which when used creates noise on the electrical ring main affecting our ethernet network over power line adapters, no working network. Initially we tried clip on magnets on the running machine mains cable but with no success. We had some doubts as to whether these types of RFI filter extensions really work. Can definitely confirm this extension works in stopping interference entering onto the electrical mains ring circuit from any RFI noisy appliances you may have around your house.

I bought this to protect my hifi.Already use one for my second system, must be over 10 years old and still works well.It protects your expensive equipment from power surges that could fry your amp or suchlike.It also helps reduce RF interference which can spoil sound quality and hence your enjoyment of music etc.This will of course vary depending on the amount of RFI you have, but unless you're prepared to spend big money on reducing it using say Russ Andrews Conditioners then this is a good buy.It has a captive power lead 2 metres long. This should enable you to get it near your separates so you can use shorter runs of your expensive power leads.I reckon it's hard to find a better 6 way Mains Conditioner than the Tacima at @£40.I recommend it.

Well if What HI-Fi say it’s good, it must be :-) It is a piece of artwork (until you plug leads in) and I almost felt like having it on display. I slapped myself round the face and reassured myself I was a Hi-Fi purest and not a fan of the old Lasky Blackpool Illumination type gear. After tucking it away, that should be the end of story and as such it is. I think some people buy this thinking it will add something positive to their system, but in reality it’s about taking the bad away(which is a positive thing :-). If the bad ain’t there it should do nothing except offer you surge protection when your neighbours aerial gets side swiped with lightning or when he tries to resurrect Frankensteins Monster, by plugging him into the mains. Did I do A-B tests? You must be joking. I sat down and put a quality piece of music on that I was fairly familiar with and from memory it sounded the same, and all sounded good so that’s great! I’m reassured it’s there if something nasty tries to creep in on the mains. Of course it’s not there to solve earth loop hum and airborne RF interference etc. As a footnote it was advertised with some ferrite core rings which took some low level motor biking sound away. I’m very pleased with it as it offers six sockets with protection and no noticeable detrimental effects on my Hi-Fi system.Additional note: How I reduced a small buzz which seemed to be an earth loop between my power and preamp. I noticed if the preamp lead got near to the Tacima inductor the level increaesed but never totally disappeared by moving the cable away. I played around with the preamp mains lead and noticed in a certain position the noise was greatly reduced. This lead me to make a loop a little bigger than the inductor and move it around. When it was a little bit off Centre the noise almost vanished. I can only guess it’s now inducing noise into the cable out of phase-but it works. See photos. Generally though if you have “no noise”- keep your leads away from the inductor.Additional later note: After changing most of the valves in my amps and inserting an equaliser between them all the noise has gone.