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Old Masters, Episode 16: The Sun Power StripOld Masters, Episode 16 The Sun Power Strip

A power distributor that stayed while the components came and went: the legendary Sun strip by Philipp Krauspenhaar and Thomas Bernhard.

By JP · First published on Facebook · 18 comments

Old Masters, Episode 16: The Sun Power Strip

Anyone who champions certain accessories sometimes needs a thick skin. Because no matter how you twist, turn or discuss it – there are a number of accessories that really are superfluous and whose acoustic benefit is thin to inaudible. And not every “benefit” can be experienced or heard immediately. Among my personal favorites, however, is an accessory that has accompanied me for many years – and that I enjoy again and again for its reliability and, yes, also its sonic performance. The legendary “Sun strip,” an extremely sturdily built power distributor, can rightly be celebrated as a milestone in the history of high fidelity. What Philipp Krauspenhaar and Thomas Bernhard of Sun-Audio came up with many years ago simply deserves respect. Back then I bought three Sun strips at once. They stayed and stay, while the components connected to them came and went.

You quickly get used to good things. So it makes sense to prick up your ears for once and entrust an ordinary power strip from the hardware store with powering the hi-fi system. Honestly? You don't really want to hear that. May the sun shine again....

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From the discussion

18 comments

“Gave 25 years of loyal service, then a (worthwhile!) upgrade to a filter solution.”

A voice from the discussion

The Sun strip as a milestone in hi-fi history: nearly 20 comments, and many come from owners who have used it for decades. Plus the usual scoffers.

In use for 25 years

One has had it “for what feels like 30 years, super satisfied,” another for 25 years; a third has had an eight-outlet strip for just as long. One modified his strip with a better power cord, “still top.” One owner reports that the strip gave him 25 years of loyal service, followed by a worthwhile upgrade to a filter solution. Another still has a strip from Audio Agile from that time, but finds the past years have brought dramatic improvements. An owner of the large Accuphase power supply now, in his own words, has “a real sine wave in the living room”; every cent was justified.

Other routes

One swears by his Ferromag; another lists a whole series of power supplies, strips and filters he wouldn't want to be without, and next he plans dedicated supply lines with separate fuses. One has relied on a power cord and filter strip from MFE for ten years. A pragmatist writes only: “Plain Lapp cable.” And one says his father, an engineer, built such a strip himself for a trade show stand, material cost maybe ten euros.

Mockery

“Autosuggestion is a fine thing – it justifies a lot,” writes a scoffer. Another counters: “You can also make a virtue out of ignorance.” A third asks whether the snake oil hasn't gummed up over all these years. And to the simple question of what the strip actually does, JP replies: “Everything right.”

This summary is based on the 18 comments available on Facebook when they were collected.

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Comments from the Facebook page in the original German, names shortened.

On Facebook♥ 2
habe ich seit gefühlt 30 Jahren … super zufrieden!
On Facebook
Ich schwöre auf meine FERROMAG
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Ifi-audio elite 12v/4a Ifi-audio 6fach netzleiste mit AC audest st900dc Mfe/mhw p16c powerconditioner IsoTek mini mira Alles erwähnte ist in betrieb und möchtees nicht mehr missen. Mein nächster gedanke ist ein oder zwei seperate stromversorgungs leitungen mit seperate sicherung im sicherungskasten zumachen (lassen).🙈😁🙄😱🤘
On Facebook♥ 1
25 Jahre treue Dienste geleistet, dann (lohnenswertes!) Upgrade auf eine Filterlösung.
On Facebook♥ 1
Ich habe aus dieser Zeit noch eine Audio agile leiste. Aber die vergangene Zeit hat doch dramatische Verbesserungen gebracht
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und was macht das ?
1. JP♥ 4
  ….alles richtig:-)
On Facebook♥ 1
...seit 25 Jahren in Betrieb bei mir
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Seit nun 10 Jahren betreibe ich meine Kette mit den High-End-Netzkabeln und der Filternetzleiste von MFE- und bin sehr zufrieden damit. Sehr schöner Beitrag von Dir, lieber Joachim.
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Absolut richtig. Bis ich nun das große Netzteil von Accuphase hörte. Klar andere Preisregion. Aber auch da jeder Cent gerechtfertigt, denn jetzt habe ich im Wohnzimmer einen echte Sinus Kurve.
On Facebook♥ 2
Autosuggestion ist schon eine feine Sache - rechtfertig viele Dinge.
1. On Facebook
  Man kann auch aus Ignoranz eine Tugend machen...
On Facebook
Schlichtes Lappkabel…
On Facebook♥ 2
Ist das Schlangenöl in all den Jahren nicht verharzt?
On Facebook♥ 1
Seit 25 Jahren ne 8er Leiste
On Facebook
Hat mein Vater (ingenieur) selbst gebaut für unseren Messestand :-)
1. On Facebook
  Unzählige, Preis vieleicht 10 Euro
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.... noch immer Top 😉👌👌👌 wurde mit TMR NK 2 Netzkabel vor einigen Jahren modifiziert 🙂👌