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- FALLEN EARTH AVR CONTROL SYSTEM SERIES
One of the features that Torus Power were keen for me to know about was something they call NBT ( Narrow Bandwidth Technology). Internal flash memory to record up to 10,000 events.These are addressable and controllable via the online connection, but more on that in a bit. Surge protection to protect against lightning, power surges, and spikes.Automatic voltage regulation to maintain a stable output voltage.A toroidal transformer to provide clean power.Most folk will find everything they need on the LED! The range is pretty massive and for 230V the power has to fall below 160V or greater than 260V to trigger a fault response.
FALLEN EARTH AVR CONTROL SYSTEM FULL
If Torus does detect voltage is too high or low then it will shut off all the outlets until it detects that the voltage has been within the normal operating range for a full one minute at which point it will turn on each of the sockets in turn again. If the system detects a fault (the voltage is too high or too low) the LED will display a fault message saying the system is off and whether this is due to a too high or too low voltage. That LED on the front panel has a push-button underneath it that allows you to cycle through what is being displayed: Time and date, power status, IP/MAC address, system status, and active zones. If you don’t want to take advantage of this then it can be used as a regular socket that switches on last in the sequence previously outlined. The output R is designed specifically for plugging your network router into should you want to take advantage of the automatic reboot feature following an internet outage. This means that you can have your power amp/s switch on last in the sequence when you fire up your rig for a listening session. The grouping of the outlets is a clever feature of the Torus and the “groups” switch on in sequence first A, then B, then C, and finally D.
In North America the power outlets on the AVR Elite are medical grade and on International units they are properly CE-certified outlets by Interpower. The outputs are labelled A, B, C, D, and R with D having two outlets in its “group”. In addition to the connections mentioned, there are also 6 power sockets for connecting your kit.
FALLEN EARTH AVR CONTROL SYSTEM PLUS
Common to all the Elite range there’s inputs for connecting to the network (more on this in a bit), plus a Wi-Fi antenna, a USB 2 port that can be used for charging phones or whatever, an earth post, a 12VDC trigger for turning the unit on or off, and a 12VDC fault output that comes into operation when a relay or voltage fault is detected. However, it’s round the back where the business end of the Torus lies. There’s a thick aluminium front plate with an on/off switch to the left, the Torus logo centre, and an LED screen to the right – that’s your lot. I said just now that the Torus looks like a big power amplifier and it does – I can well imagine that the casework could have doubled as a case for an amp. Yes, you could get by with one of the big industrial-looking mains transformers you can buy (and I do have one of these but it is so ugly that I have never bothered to wire it up) but then Torus has made their offering much more domestically acceptable, and where very few people would get away with an industrially cased transformer in their main listening room or any room for that matter, the Torus unit looks like a big power amp that will sit happily on your rack of choice – if it will take the weight.Īround the back and showing the sockets etc. Where the Torus differs from the Time Machine is in its level of sophistication, control, power handling, and other features – it’s even connected to the web.
FALLEN EARTH AVR CONTROL SYSTEM SERIES
Very heavy! But then given that this is, to bring it down to its basic level, a huge mains transformer in a very nice box, it was always going to be a beast! But that’s really not the whole story with the AVR 2 ELITE series of power transformers in that way over and above our little (it’s actually quite little but bloody heavy) Time Machine, the Torus Power AVR 2 is much more sophisticated in what it can do and what is in the box, though it should do the same kind of job. The package arrived on a palette and was heavy. When Torus got in touch to ask me if I would like to have a play with one of their units I naturally jumped at the opportunity – I remember the first time I saw one of their units at a show with its clothes off and thinking that I’d really like to have a go with one in our system.
I tell pretty much anyone who will listen that this form of mains conditioning has clear sonic benefits and others who have followed suit have reported similar sonic paybacks. The Torus is a big unit but looks just like another component on the rack.
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