Barracuda UDC
Logically, AC power energy into your system ends up as the sound it produces. In practice, the quality of the power can have a huge effect on sound quality. Ever thought your system sounds better at night? This is because mains is affected (more so in the day) by household appliances, airconditioning, lighting, etc, all of which has an affect on sound. The solution is a dedicated power distribution block.
Using ordinary extension blocks available in shops can degrade the sound to a surprising extent. Replacing your extension with the Barracuda Universal Power Distribution Centre can improve the connection quality.The built in RFI emi fi filters coupled with adequate 15Amp surge protection make the Barracuda box a must have to protect and extract the most from your expensive hifi equipment.
The Barracuda guarantees a cleaner darker background with no hiss and its universal sockets give a tight fit to almost any 2 or 3 pin plug you can throw at it.
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Specifications
- Internal wiring point to point wiring using 2.5mm square OFC
- The only distribution box featuring pure OCC copper contacts from schneider GERMANY
- 20A surge protection unit
- Robust Hospital grade EMI RFI filter
- US, Euro, UK, Indian, Singapore (independent tight fit for each unlike any modular sockets available)
- Elcom iec
- Pure copper lugs from Mennekans
- 6 Sockets – German – Copper based 15Amp rated – the only copper based international socket
- Custom Made acoustically neutral Pine case with internal damping and melamine polish
After considerable amounts of trials , legwork and research, we are now confident of offering a line of power distribution products to fellow audiophiles that we are personally proud of.
We have tried to remain loyal to physics, trials and lastly our own ears rather than falling prey to marketing and ambiguous claims.
It is important to understand that the main criterion here is, supplying “clean” and efficient power to our electronics without having a smudging or clouding effect.
Here in India, we face a two pronged problem
First – since we are a price sensitive market there is no Indian manufacturer that produces good quality IECs or plugs. Most use steel and zinc alloys that are rhodium plated and some use brass contact points ( L&T Havells Northwest to name a few).There is no manufacturer that uses pure copper. Real Gold/Silver plating is only a dream.
(P.S This is the reason we were forced to use US plugs.)
The other issue we face is that of “dirty” power.
Most of our power mains come tapped from various stations, sub stations; fuse boxes etc having below par connectors with no RF or EMI control. This is a cause for concern. It is this “dirty” power that muddies the sound of a system
There is in fact NO power cable that can CLEAN that – however a good power cable will suppress that dirt without loosing efficiency. Stray magnetic fields, electromagnetic interference, signal and loop pickups all need to be taken care of.
This is achieved by correct weaving of the copper conductors and using particular grain geometries combined with excellent shielding.
