Isotek is an English company, specializing in Power Conditioners and Power Cables that they manufacture in Europe, not China like the other guys. The goal of Isotek is not to just provide surge protection, but to provide IMPROVED SOUND for your hi-fi or AV system.

There are two main sources of noise that muddle up your AC.

*Differential Mains noise is debris caused by all electronic appliances connected in your house. That includes TV, microwave, phone chargers, anything that plugs in.

*Common mains noise is debris caused by RFI, interference you can’t see. We all have such debris from cell phones, WiFi and other sources.

Job one is eliminating these sources of noise. All of the Isotek conditioners deal with both issues, eliminating Differential and Common Mains noise. Most importantly, Isotek does this without quashing the dynamics of your sound.

Separate Isolation

With Isotek power conditioners, no two outlets are wired together (even Polaris) and once you get to Elektra, each outlet has its own dedicated filter network. This eliminates cross contamination of your components’ power supplies and delivers equal power delivery and resistance to each outlet.

The other guys… strap all outlets together. Each outlet will be negatively affected by the other devices that are plugged in… this is even common practice on very expensive models.

Each component’s power supply creates noise, especially on switch mode PSUs. Cross contamination among components masks micro dynamic detail and harmonics.

The effect of cross contamination is more deleterious than the noise coming from the wall. This is a serious design flaw that nearly every other manufacturer overlooks. Isotek knows this is vital and even at its relatively inexpensive price points- builds with proper isolation.

Simplicity

Isotek uses high quality parts and only as many as are needed. Their circuit designs are beautifully laid out using the shortest signal paths possible and proven engineering principles such as star grounding. Its noise filtration increases dynamic range and doesn’t impede current. That’s why your system will sound more dynamic plugged into an Isotek.

The other guys hire Chinese vendors to stuff their boxes with lots of junction points, low cost/low quality parts and materials and complicated circuit layouts. This creates more problems than it solves. You get higher impedance and lower current delivery resulting in a flat, mundane sound. It also means each outlet will have different current delivery and different resistance. This leads to compromised performance for the components that get plugged in to the “worst” outlet.

VDRs – MOVs

The other guys… use a single large MOV for surge protection. While this can take the initial impact it will still let some of the surge through to your components. It also tends to quash your system’s ability to reproduce macro dynamics because it is too heavy handed.

Isotek uses a more reliable sequential array of specialized VDRs to protect equipment from the over voltage while not effecting audio quality.

Polaris $995

Polaris is a 6 Outlet Bar that will improve your sound quality at a modest price. Each outlet is wired independently to the power conditioner network and surge protection circuit. Polaris provides serious surge protection in the process. The audio improvement is clearer sound, with deeper, tighter bass. It’s a real bargain and the perfect starting point for improving your system’s performance. With Polaris you will especially hear improvements in transient attacks and cleaner bass. Toss on your favorite singer with guitar. You can’t miss hearing the improvement.

Elektra V5 $2500

Elektra is a SUPERSTAR!

It takes the best systems to a level they cannot achieve without it.

Your system simply CANNOT sound as clear, and QUIET, without an Elektra, or substantially more expensive mains conditioner. The endemic line noise coming into your home, along with spurious hash from Wi-Fi, cell phones and other electronics interfere with the clarity of a fine, not necessarily expensive, audio system.

The fact is, we’ve been at the point for well over a decade, that if you’re not running a major league mains conditioner, you’re giving up clarity in transient attack and taut bass response.

The beauty of Elektra is that it IS a top echelon performer at comparatively, modest money.

Elektra is a six outlet Mains Conditioner that can improve the best of systems. With twice the filtering level of Polaris, Elektra has an independent isolation filter for each outlet. Two of the outlets are full power for amplifiers. The other four are ideal for lower power needs- preamps and sources. Elektra digs deep to give you a blacker background so dynamics and resolution are much improved. I can promise you that… if you’re not running an Elektra or competitor’s MUCH higher end Mains Conditioner, you’re leaving performance on the table!

Elektra comes with an outstanding Isotek Initium power cable at its price. Most competitors are sold without power cables. You GET TO buy them a la carte!

Sigmas V5 $5500

Sigmas is a true state of the art Mains Conditioner. While Elektra is unrivaled as THE law of diminishing returns conditioner, if you have a thicker wallet with commensurate gear, you just might

treat yourself to Sigmas. It has 1.5 times more isolation than Elektra. It has three high powered outlets (instead of 2) and four lower powered outlets. While Elektra will be the landing point for most customers, Sigmas is a whisker better if you have a big stack of Bryston or something comparable.

Syncro Evo3 DC Blocker $3995

Holy cow- what a product! Syncro Evo3 is like nothing else on the market. If you have a discerning ear for singers and acoustic instruments… and want to spoil yourself to another level, please consider this state of the art DC blocker. What’s that?

This bad boy rebalances the sine wave of your home’s electrical idiosyncrasies before it hits your Mains Conditioner. Your home, and neighborhood, are full of electronic motors, transformers and other devices. They impugn your electrical system with hum/noise to a substantial degree and are outside the scope of what Mains Conditioners can subjugate.

If you are willing to spend a pretty penny to do the utmost to flush all electronic impediments from you world, install this guy to achieve state of the art black background. This allows all transients and colorful nuances to come through your speakers. Without this, even if you use the best Mains Conditioner, there will be some graying. Ideally, your system will play with a stone cold, pure black background canvas. This… is your ticket to achieve silence behind the music- to let the music shine to its fullest.

It ain’t a cheap date. I’m well aware of that. But I wouldn’t recommend it if I wasn’t sure you’d be blown away by how it can help.

Power Cables

Some people think power cables don’t make a difference. You will believe otherwise when you hear Isotek cables when run with one of Isotek’s conditioners. If you just plug a nice cable into the wall, the noise of the house is so high that you won’t hear an improvement. But when running with Polaris or Elektra, you’ll hear what the Initium power cable can do for your sound.

Initium $195

Initium is a 14g power cable with 6N Copper conductors within a poly dielectric. Connectors are made of nickel. Initium will make an upgrade in your sound- when run with Polaris or Elektra. You can spend many thousands more for just a power cable and yet perceive no further improvement in sound!