Quantum IEC
What it is:
The Quantum IEC offers a major leap forward in PE technology. The Quantum IEC is a mini-isolation Quantum Studio designed into an IEC filter. The sonic enhancements offered by the Quantum IEC are simply amazing. The Quantum IEC can reduce and eliminate harmonic noise riding on the AC circuit up to 1450 feet. Bybee Technology inside. Each unit is hand-built and signed by Alan Maher.
What it does for your system:
The Quantum IEC combats stray inductance, RFI/EMI noise, eliminates crosstalk distortion, component isolation, and power factor correction. The Quantum IEC acts as a surrogate power supply for the component. The Quantum IEC has been fine tuned to compliment our entire line of specialty audiophile filters and power center.
The Quantum IEC offers huge improvements in dynamics, micro detail, tonal reproduction and musical texture, expansive 3-D soundstage, increased bass definition and foundation, organic midrange, extended and airy highs. Video benefits include increased black level and contrast, color saturation, hue, detail/resolution, and sharpness. The Quantum IEC is designed to provide a lifetime of enjoyment.
Why it works – the science:
Linear loads are voltage fluctuations and harmonic noise that occur when any large appliance (i.e. amplifier, refrigerator, the factory down the street, etc.) are switched on or off. In a worst case scenario, reactive elements (inductance, capacitance, resistance) can interact with the system (any power supply plugged into the wall) and with each other (via the in-wall electrical wiring) to create resonant conditions (or odd harmonics) above 50/60 Hz, resulting in electrical instability and severe over-voltage/under-voltage fluctuations.
A non-linear load on a power system is typically a rectifier (such as used in a power supply), or some kind of arc discharge device (fluorescent lamp, washing machine, furnace, etc.). Because current in these appliances is interrupted by a switching action, the current contains frequency components (noise) that are multiples of the 50/60 Hz frequency. Non-linear loads change the shape of the current waveform from a sine wave to some other form. Non-linear loads create harmonic currents in addition to the original (fundamental frequency) AC current.
Typical linear components such as capacitors and inductors cannot cancel these harmonic currents, so other methods such as filters or active power factor correction are required to smooth out their current demand over each cycle of alternating current and so reduce the generated harmonic currents.
Active power factor correction controls the amount of power drawn by a load in order to obtain a power factor as close as possible to unity. In most applications, Active PFC controls the input current of the load so that the current waveform is proportional to the mains voltage waveform (a sinewave). Because Active PFC uses a circuit to correct power factor, it is able to generate a theoretical power factor of over 95%, markedly diminishing total harmonics, automatically correcting for AC input voltage, and capable of a full range of input voltage.
Shot noise occurs in certain devices (e.g., vacuum tubes) due to random fluctuations in current and its spectrum is white in character. For many solid-state circuit elements, the noise floor is dominated by frequency dependent noise, often referred to as 1/f noise. Its spectral density increases as the inverse of frequency, just like pink noise; but unlike pink noise which is broadband, 1/f noise is typically confined to fewer than 2 kHz. The key point is that 1/f noise behaves like the musical spectrum. Its envelope mimics that of the musical signal. Recent research indicates that perceptually such noise blends in very well with the music. Once buried within the music, it is reasonable to speculate that 1/f noise defuses image outlines and adulterates harmonic textures. By using Bybee Quantum Purifiers, the basic premise is that 1/f noise detracts from the listening experience: reduce 1/f noise and you improve the sound.
The Quantum IEC is a mini-isolation Quantum Studio designed into an IEC filter that addresses problems in both linear and non-linear load applications, active power factor correction, RFI/EMI and random shot noise, and component isolation within the professional and consumer environment.
Specifications:
Voltage Rating: 100 – 250 VAC, 50/60 Hz
Frequency Range: dc – 70 GHz
Dimension: 7.6" x 4.6" x 2.25"
Average break-in time is about 4 weeks.
Price: $570.00
1 year warranty for parts and labor (normal wear). Returns are subject to a 15% restocking fee.
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