That is 15kVA, Bill is right, their top of the line.
I used to run their 3kVA unit at half the price. An amazing introduction to balanced power, and it blew my 10x pricier Burmester 948 conditioner out of the water (latter since sold to a member here).
For the cost the 3kVA can't be beat, finally I started to get that "after midnight" sound 24/7.
IMHO, I wouldn't go for this 15kVA model, I really don't think stacking transformer coils on top of each other is particularly clever, and any field/impedance mismatches btwn the coils, which is certain to happen, will be deleterious to sq - maybe no issue for the industrial situations Airlink supplies (they are an industrial, non audiophile company), but not so great for us. Indeed the MD put me off buying this particular unit for my purposes for this very reason.
The reason I went over to an 8kVA Westwick bpt (£5k) was all the usual audiophile things, just to see if balanced power taken to a specialist extent could really be a further impvt. Esp inspired by Mike Lavigne's enthusiastic Equi=Tech 10kVA bpt experiences.
From what i gather from the westwick MD, the coil in the 8k is really quite sppecial, some exotic materials, and wound in a very special way to manage impedance issues for a rock solid supply. the sq results certainly bear out how much quality the unit is.
Within seconds, the Westwick was proving far superior to the Airlink, esp in terms of darker backgrounds, more powerful low end, and further reduction in noise floor (to be taken further w/Entreq grounding). And it has the ability to run more than 6 dedicated lines (which is my next step on maxxing out power concerns). Only issue is that the unit is a real generator of hum (that massive coil is alive), and needs to be placed outside of the listening room ideally w/lines run into the room.
So, as a prev user of Airlink, I can recommend them 200%, max Bang For Your $/£/Euro, but do not go to a dual coil model (ie not 15kVA, stick at 3kVA or 5kVA at most). But go Westwick 4kVA or 8kVA (in UK) if funds allow - you won't be disappointed.
I used to run their 3kVA unit at half the price. An amazing introduction to balanced power, and it blew my 10x pricier Burmester 948 conditioner out of the water (latter since sold to a member here).
For the cost the 3kVA can't be beat, finally I started to get that "after midnight" sound 24/7.
IMHO, I wouldn't go for this 15kVA model, I really don't think stacking transformer coils on top of each other is particularly clever, and any field/impedance mismatches btwn the coils, which is certain to happen, will be deleterious to sq - maybe no issue for the industrial situations Airlink supplies (they are an industrial, non audiophile company), but not so great for us. Indeed the MD put me off buying this particular unit for my purposes for this very reason.
The reason I went over to an 8kVA Westwick bpt (£5k) was all the usual audiophile things, just to see if balanced power taken to a specialist extent could really be a further impvt. Esp inspired by Mike Lavigne's enthusiastic Equi=Tech 10kVA bpt experiences.
From what i gather from the westwick MD, the coil in the 8k is really quite sppecial, some exotic materials, and wound in a very special way to manage impedance issues for a rock solid supply. the sq results certainly bear out how much quality the unit is.
Within seconds, the Westwick was proving far superior to the Airlink, esp in terms of darker backgrounds, more powerful low end, and further reduction in noise floor (to be taken further w/Entreq grounding). And it has the ability to run more than 6 dedicated lines (which is my next step on maxxing out power concerns). Only issue is that the unit is a real generator of hum (that massive coil is alive), and needs to be placed outside of the listening room ideally w/lines run into the room.
So, as a prev user of Airlink, I can recommend them 200%, max Bang For Your $/£/Euro, but do not go to a dual coil model (ie not 15kVA, stick at 3kVA or 5kVA at most). But go Westwick 4kVA or 8kVA (in UK) if funds allow - you won't be disappointed.
