Acoustic Revive RAS-14 AC Filter 1.0SP USB Cable

Jeff Day has posted a review of the RAS-14 AC power conditioner ($1295) and the USB-1.0SP USB cable ($895) at Positive Feedback Online. His conclusions:

The Acoustic Revive RAS-14 AC conditioner is expensive at $1295 USD, but for your money you get a startlingly deeper soundstage, a big dose of increased clarity, an increased recovery of fine detail, improved timbre (like cymbals example above), and just generally the music comes across as more immediate and emotionally engaging, while never sounding HiFi-hyped. In other words, if you've got $1295 burning a hole in your pocket that you don't know what to do with, the RAS-14 is a no-brainer.

The Acoustic Revive USB-1.0SP USB Interconnect is $895 USD, and like the RAS-14, it kicks serious fanny. The USB-1.0SP has the Acoustic Revive house sound: a natural musicality with lots of sound-staging prowess, a big billowing sound-space, and lots of detail recovery. Along with that there are vivid and saturated tonal colors, lots of forward momentum, images with real body, lots of musically expressive subtleties, and a naturalness that rarely accompanies this level of sonic supremacy.

Both the Acoustic Revive USB-1.0SP and RAS-14 have continued to surprise and delight me over the review period. If you've got serious disposable money to play with during these recessionary times, can afford to keep the wife and mistress in Champagne & caviar for the requisite bribery period, then I can't imagine you'd be disappointed with these musical jewels in your system. If you're wondering how you're going to feed the kids and dog if you buy them, well then don't.

Highly recommended for the deep wallet crowd.

You can read the full review here.