$1,200 Powervar ABC-1200 Power Conditioner Upgraded IEC Blows Monster Power centers away, heavy duty pro unit Start Price USD 498.00 Current Price USD 498.00 Time Left 10 days 23 hours 21 minutes Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Friday, September 19, 2008 End Time Saturday, January 17, 2009 Location Gila, New Mexico See more about '$1,200 Powervar ABC-1200 Power Conditioner Upgraded IEC' Description SquareTrade © AP6.0 Platinum Powerseller This auction is for a UPGRADED Powevar ABC-1200-11 power line conditioner. This is a 43 pound heavy duty power conditioner. This unit has been upgraded with a high quality IEC plug adapter and a Verastarr High Current Silver power cord! Other people sell Powervars, but we are the only ones to offer professional black powder coating, the only ones to offer an IEC option that lets you replace the power cord, and as the only authorized Ebay seller for Verastarr we are proud to offer this special bundle with the highest grade Powervar and a $1600 retail Verastarr Silver Reference High Current Power Cord. Over the years we've received many requests for Powervars with upgraded power cords, and we are happy to finally be able to deliver these to our loyal customers. We will be offering an upgrade program for customers who have one of the previous units with stock power cord and want to send it in for conversion. Please call or email for details on this, and we will do this through Ebay in accord with their rules. We've just switched to a new and better powder coating process for these. It is a thicker and even more durable, good looking powdercoat. If you've bought one of these units from us in the past, this one will not be a totally identical cosmetic match. The Powervars (without our mods) are used in hospitals and big computer installations to protect sensitive equipment from power spikes, surges, etc. They go WAY beyond a power strip in terms of what they do to clean up and condition the power for your audio video system. I have 4 of them and one of the smaller ones on my own systems and I absolutely love what they do. I started off selling 2 of these last year because I had more than I needed. Both the guys I sold them to came back and asked me for more of them. So I contacted the dealer I got them from and bought more so I could sell at a low price to audiophiles who need terrific power filters. I have sold around 100 of them now and I find that people like them so much they are really thrilled and come back for more of these and other items from me. Features 6 isolated outlets. In my big system, I use 2 of these, with all amps connected to one and all other components on another. Also makes turn on and turn off easy with big lighted toggle switch to power up and power down all components. For those of you who have been watching and bidding on my Powervars for a long time, I am making some changes. I now have 3 separate grades of Powervars I will be selling. All are tested and functioning perfectly. All feature a professional black powder coat finish offered exclusively by the High End Zone. The highest grade is this new one that comes fitted with an IEC socket so you can add a high quality power cord and this unit comes bundled with a $1600 retail Verastarr High Current Power Cord. Next, we'll be offering A grade Powervars with the stock cord from the factory, and then some B grade which work perfectly but have minor cosmetic blems. Second, I will no longer be offering white Powervars at all. 95% of customers prefer the powder coated black ones that we started offering in April, so we are going to be doing all black powder coat ones from now on. Nobody else offers powder coated black Powervars. There are some painted black ones out there (they copied off us!) but nobody else that I know of powder coats them which gives a more durable and much more handsome finish. The Powervars have always beat the performance of many much more expensive units. Now they look much better too! These black powder coated Powervars are available exclusively from the High End Zone. We are offering this Powervar and Verastarr high current cord combo for far less than you could get these items separately for. We've put a very low Buy it Now so that this package can be affordable for anyone and this great system can be had for less than many inferior products. As always we thank you for shopping the HighEndZone. Buying from me isn't like buying from just anyone on Ebay. You get guaranteed quality, fast shipping, professional packing, and a level of service I hope will rival any high-end store. Please add me to your favorites list! In January I went to CES, the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas that attracts 140,000 people from around the world. There were a LOT of power conditioners on display, with a bunch of new players entering the market with some very pricey gear. Most of them were on display with the covers off, and looking inside, the inner workings look almost identical to the Powervar! One power conditioner I saw sells for $9,000! But these Powervars, which sell new for $1,200 offer proven and solid performance at a very affordable price. And now we are offering them in the black powdercoat to make them easier to blend in with your system. Please visit my Ebay Store to see my other auctions. You can also scroll down below where I am using this service from Andale that should let you see brief descriptions and thumbnails of all my auctions below. The basic Powervar ABC-1200-11 units retail for $1200 each (without our powdercoating, IEC and power cord mods!). This unit is used, but in like new condition and it has been inspected and tested prior to sale. Most of the power conditioner units you see around do not compete with the professional build quality or features of this unit. It is comparable to the units that are employed by theaters to protect their surround sound amplifiers and clean up the sound. Dirty power is a VERY common problem in most areas that interferes with your equipment (and can damage it). You can be sure that your high-end amps and electronics, whether you have Krell, Bryston, Arcam, Sunfire, McIntosh or whatever other brand are designed and tested in labs where sophisticated power conditioning like this is employed. Your amps are designed for lab conditions with clean power, but when you go and hook them up to just a wall outlet or a surge strip, you are not giving them what they need to sound their best. Even if you have just average or 'mid-fi' components you will find that clean power really makes a difference there too! This is a 43 pound unit that does far more than what power strips and surge suppressors do. It is a multi-stage power conditioner that removes line noise and protects your audio, video and computer equipment. Certified for use with any kind of microprocessors such as those in amplifiers, CD players, DVD players, computers, TV's, etc. Compare this to other high end power conditioners from companies like PS Audio, MIT, and Richard Gray. I think you will find this is an excellent and affordable contender! The Powervar incorporates three stages of conditioning including the following components. 1. Low impedance toroidal isolation transformer. 2. High quality AC noise filters. 3. Surge diverter --- diverts noise to ground. See below for comments that some other users have made on how well these work in their systems. Comments from 5 users of these Powervar units: Significant improvement, by far best value in pwr cond! I received my Powervar and could not believe the sonic improvement. Just bought my 2nd one, well worth the money. Powervar ABC-1200-11 is the best money I've ever spent in my system. I have one word ABC 1200-11 is one amazing product 43lb of super clean power. Information on the included 5 foot High Current Verastarr Silver Reference Power Cord made from 99.99% Silver covered Oxygen Free High Conductivity Copper. These power cords retailed for $1599 last year. They have a new model that you can buy for $800 now. I am bundling this cord in with the Powervar and charging a fraction of the price that Verastarr sold the cable alone for! Verastarr has created a no compromise, top quality reference power cord. They use only pure 99.99% Silver covered 99.999% OFHCC (Oxygen Free High Conductivity Copper) for the ultimate in speed and bass resolution. The power cable uses 10 GA (12 gauge on UK and Schuko versions) Teflon insulated wire for high current capability. The connectors used are Marinco and Wattgate hospital grade. The cord is fully shielded from EMI and RFI, and will open the resolution and detail from your equipment. Connectors are treated with a contact enhancer for maximum efficiency with electrical transfer. The power cord is brand new and comes with a birth certificate from Verastarr. I sell these cords in my Ebay Store for $280. I am a Platinum Level Ebay Powerseller, Ebay ID verified, and Square Trade Verified Seller which means that I agree to meet high standards of business practices, including mediation in case of any dispute. In order to sign up for these things, I had to undergo a review of my track record and also prove my identity and address. You can see from this and my 100% positive feedback record that fair and honest trading is very important to me. I have been on Ebay almost since it began, and you can see from my perfect feedback record that I value honest and fair dealing. Some unethical people may email you and offer to sell you components similar to mine. This is strictly against Ebay rules, and in most cases these people are committing fraud—they are trying to sell you gear they do not have. I have received many emails from bidders in my past auctions telling me that people were soliciting them with offers to sell them what was purported to be similar gear at low prices. I warn you that these offers are nearly always fraud—you will lose your money if you send it to them (I lost over $7,000 2 years ago bidding in an auction where a hacker had compromised a longstanding Ebay account, so I speak from experience here). And it is ALWAYS against Ebay rules and common decency and ethics to email bidders in someone else's auction and offer to sell them stuff. Feel free to contact me with any questions. I am an audiophile just like you and I enjoy my hobby and appreciate having a place to sell my excess gear for more than I'd get trading it in to a shop! Buyer pays shipping and insurance. There is a UPS cost calculator link below that you can use to get a price for US and international shipping. You can get the shipping cost yourself right now with these resources! PLEASE do not email me just to ask for a shipping quote (if you have a question about the gear, do email me!). Payment must be received within 5 days of auction close. Buyer must contact me within 48 hours of auction close or I may relist the item and file a non-paying bidder report with Ebay. I will send you an invoice for your purchase if you win the bid—usually within a few hours after the auction closes. I accept Paypal, cashiers checks and Postal Money Orders from buyers in the USA and Canada. I also accept credit cards directly from customers in the US and Canada. Outside the US and Canada, I accept payment by Paypal or bank wire transfer only unless a prior arrangement is made. If you want to pay me by other means and you are not in the US or Canada, please call or email me first to check if that will be OK. If you have a high positive feedback score, it should be fine. I will also accept escrow if buyer pays the fee. If you are in the United States or Canada and pay by Paypal, I can ONLY ship your order to your confirmed Paypal address so please be sure to confirm your address with Paypal. I reserve the right to cancel bids from bidders with zero or negative feedback. If you have zero feedback, or low or negative feedback, I may contact you to ask for reassurance that you intend to buy if you win. That is because I have been burned by zero feedback bidders before who bid the price up and did not pay. But, most zero feedback bidders have been great, a pleasure to deal with, and I have been happy to give them their first positive feedback, so please do not be scared off. If you are new to Ebay, or bidding for the first time, I welcome you and please let me know if there is anything I can do to help you get the most out of Ebay. Remember, a bid is a contract. Please do not bid unless you intend to buy! Verastarr Verastarr Silver Reference High Current Power Cord: Please don't email me to ask for a shipping quote. Enter your postal code in the Ebay shipping calculator and it will give you shipping quotes. Here is the shipping info for the Powervar in double box: 48 pounds. 20” X 16” X 10” will be shipped from Gila, NM 88038 ZIP code. Thank you!On Aug-31-08 at 22:42:08 PDT, seller added the following information: Sellers: Delight buyers. Get your own map of past buyers. Place a Bid!