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Offline TrueAudio

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Internal photos of 90's era Tice Power Block IIIA
« on: June 18, 2018, 10:39:15 AM »
Saw this on Ebay.  Always wanted one of these old school power conditioners back in the day.  First time I've ever seen someone take pics like this which would have required removing the rivets from around the chassis.  Obviously, things have come a long way since this time.





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Re: Internal photos of 90's era Tice Power Block IIIA
« Reply #1 on: June 18, 2018, 01:42:43 PM »
Saw this on Ebay.  Always wanted one of these old school power conditioners back in the day.  First time I've ever seen someone take pics like this which would have required removing the rivets from around the chassis.  Obviously, things have come a long way since this time.





I do remember the this Tice product quite well. Like cables and tweaks, this unit was a bit controversial iirc and a bit pricey. Don’t know anyone who ever owned one.
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Re: Internal photos of 90's era Tice Power Block IIIA
« Reply #2 on: June 18, 2018, 02:23:09 PM »
I remember when someone knowledgeable looked inside the Hydra power conditioner about 10-15 years ago. They always advertised that it had something like 10 discrete components. What they translated to was something like this list:

case
cover
outlets to the components
incoming power supply outlet
incoming power cable
internal wire
X or Y rated capacitor across the line
Varistors across the line
circuit breaker
rubber feet

So basically the only thing inside that was truly "conditioning" the power was the Cap across the line and the varistor was there for surge suppression. Along came Jon Risch who DIY'ed his own version of this and specified good quality parts. So for about $100-200 on the outside you could make your own version of the $5000 Hydra.
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Re: Internal photos of 90's era Tice Power Block IIIA
« Reply #3 on: June 18, 2018, 09:59:59 PM »
I look at most of the old tech advertised for “clean power”

The chassi internals on the Tice device is filled with circuit boards with little more than one or two passive of incredibly modest values or a bunch of connectors that make it look deceptively busy (complex - like it all does something) and yet be woefully wanting in what needs to be done to incoming AC to truly address the major issues resident in transmitted AC.

I couldn’t sleep at night if I put something out like that or the old Hydra.

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Re: Internal photos of 90's era Tice Power Block IIIA
« Reply #4 on: July 10, 2018, 09:01:06 AM »
I look at most of the old tech advertised for “clean power”

The chassi internals on the Tice device is filled with circuit boards with little more than one or two passive of incredibly modest values or a bunch of connectors that make it look deceptively busy (complex - like it all does something) and yet be woefully wanting in what needs to be done to incoming AC to truly address the major issues resident in transmitted AC.

I couldn’t sleep at night if I put something out like that or the old Hydra.

Sheesh!!!   [-X


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