Anyone familiar with my previous reviews of Pine Tree Audio products knows that I am impressed by Jesse’s work at Pine Tree Audio. This review is yet another applause for Pine Tree Audio’s work. This time I am reviewing Pine Tree’s Iso-Power 15A.
While I do not know what engineering and craftsmanship magic Jesse employs here, I can tell you that the Iso-Power is essentially a super-charged power strip that includes over current protection and noise suppression.
This review is difficult for me to write. Not because I was not impressed by the Iso-Power. In fact, the opposite. I am so impressed by the Iso-Power, that I cannot believe how much my audio experience has been transformed. The change is on the order of significantly upgrading a source component or amplifier.
The relaxed way the Iso-Power uncovers details previously unheard from recordings is astonishing. There are even recordings with instrument information that were previously and completely unheard. And depending on the recording the soundstage increases in width and depth.
For example, Charlie Wilson sings a duet with Smokey Robinson called All Of My Love. Before installing the Iso-Power I could tell that an analog record is playing at the beginning of the song. After installation of the Iso-Power, I could hear the actual needle on the record.
On Bobby Caldwell’s My Flame the soundstage got more intimate. On Carrie Lucas singing Hello Stranger the soundstage became huge with instrumental passages that became clear when I could not hear them before.
I could go on describing the gold treasures I discovered with the Iso-Power, but I will leave those new discoveries to you.
Even with a modest system like mine I discovered gold in recordings with the Iso-Power. I expected some improvement, but I did not expect how much an Iso-Power would take my system to a new level.
Any Audiophile looking to take his or her system to another level should call Jesse at Pine Tree Audio. The addition of an Iso-Power is just what your system needs to bring you even closer to the music.
Associated Equipment
Vizio television
Tascam BT 200 CD Player
Emotiva USP-1 Preamp
Odyssey Amplifier-upgraded
Orb Active Subwoofer
Magnepan MMG Loudspeakers
Pine Tree Audio power cables, RCA interconnects, and Shadow Ribbon Loudspeaker cables
Scott V.
11/04/2022