The most sophisticated power cable available, featuring IsoTek’s highly regarded 2.5mm OFC conductor actively shielded power cable and incorporating unique DC-cancelling electronics.
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£399.80 initial 20% deposit then £133.27 per month for 12 months. Other finance terms available. Finance subject to statusEvo 3 Syncro SE
£1,999
The most sophisticated power cable available, featuring IsoTek’s highly regarded 2.5mm OFC conductor actively shielded power cable and incorporating unique DC-cancelling electronics that rebalance the mains sine wave. Each cable is terminated with high- quality 24ct gold audiophile grade connectors.
In simple terms, Syncro is IsoTek’s most advanced mains cable – but it’s also so much more. The cable incorporates innovative electronics, housed in an anti-resonant aluminium case positioned part way down its length. This unique circuitry is designed to synchronise the mains supply in order to promote a perfectly symmetrical sine wave, delivering significant sonic improvements when used with any hi-fi separates system.
Syncro is not a mains conditioner or filter in the accepted sense. It can be used on its own to power a single hi-fi component, and will bring significant improvements if used in this way. However, it is primarily designed as a ‘pre-filter’ device – for best results, plug the Syncro into a wall socket and use it to power an IsoTek mains conditioning unit. Thus, Syncro takes the mains electricity supply and realigns its waveform, prior to filtration of contaminants (RFI/EMI etc.) by the conditioning unit, which then feeds each hi-fi component – thus improving the performance of every link in the audio chain.
The cable itself is identical to IsoTek’s top-of-the-line Extreme power cable. It features heavy-gauge, triple-screened, 20Amp oxygen-free copper conductors suitable for high-current demands, coupled to top-quality connectors at either end. Both the mains plug and the IEC connector are precision machined from high-purity copper, heavily plated in 24ct gold, deep cryogenically treated and then demagnetised. The main bodies are made of injection-moulded polycarbonate, for ease of handling, durability and long-term reliability, while the IEC plug’s precision injection-moulded front assembly ensures precise mating with power sockets.
How Does Syncro Improve Audio Performance?
As we fill our homes with an ever-increasing number of electrical devices, we further degrade the mains supply, interfering with its quality and consistency. Audio equipment uses electricity to generate signals, amplified by more electricity to drive a pair of loudspeakers; the quality of the electricity that feeds an audio system has a direct impact on the resulting quality of sound.
IsoTek’s extensive range of mains conditioning components improves the quality of the mains supply significantly, filtering out contaminants like RFI and EMI, and ensuring each component in the audio chain receives pure and consistent power in line with its specific requirements. However, there is a further issue with the electricity supply in our homes that has existed for years, without a truly effective commercial solution. The problem in question is sometimes referred to as ‘DC on the mains’. In terms of audio equipment, it is often signified by a buzzing sound emitted by a transformer in a power amplifier. Of course, this buzz is extremely distracting to the listener, and hardly in keeping with the concept of high-resolution audio. In addition, the mechanical vibration within the power transformer, created by core saturation, results in microphony in the internal components, leading to further degradation of sound quality.
These issues have nothing to do with the quality of the audio equipment used. In fact, some of the best amps available are the most seriously affected. The problem is a symptom of the poor state of mains electricity available in most homes, affecting not only amplifiers but source components, too.
A new solution: IsoTek Syncro…
IsoTek’s research has led to the conclusion that mains electricity should be a pure sine wave of either 50Hz or 60Hz of correct voltage and good symmetry about the zero volt line, in order to power audio equipment with maximum effectiveness. The Syncro is solely concerned with creating zero-volt symmetry, but also forms a vital part of IsoTek’s product range in working towards the ideal state of a pure sine wave.
In designing the Synchro, the challenge for IsoTek was to offer a universal solution to remove the unwanted and damaging DC component from the mains supply, whilst allowing the maximum possible current to pass. IsoTek’s latest engineering solution and DC-blocking technology developed for the Syncro is in many ways superior in performance to a massive 12,000VA isolating transformer, delivering greater dynamic ability. (Incidentally, a 12,000VA isolating transformer is twice the size of IsoTek’s largest historic product.)
