| Product Reviews |
| The following excerpts are a sampling of what journalist have been writing about our products' extraordinary performance. |
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New! AVP-16 Power Cord and A/V Power-Flow PRO Power Distributor, Home Theater & Sound, October, 2007, by Roger Kanno |
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"When I first listened to my system with the new ESP products, I immediately noticed how much quieter it had become. Very-low-level details were now more perceptible. I was able to hear deeper into music and further into complex movie soundtracks; my system’s background noise now seemed almost nonexistent" |
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"ESP claims that their power products improve video as well as audio performance. They did indeed produce deeper, blacker blacks, more vibrant colors, and seemed to reduce video noise." |
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New! AVP-14 Power Cord and A/V Power-Flow Pro Power Distributor, ULTRA Audio - June 2007, by Albert Bellg |
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"...the bass was big, powerful, and fast, with plenty of wham! factor. What surprised me, though, was that the bass was not only strong, but more detailed than through my references." |
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"...now all parts of the sonic spectrum sounded more detailed and transparent. There was better separation between instruments and tones, and clearer imaging. Vocal passages in particular sounded more distinct and easy to hear." |
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"The A/V Power-Flow Pro power distributor was another pleasant surprise. As might be expected, it did a fine job in conjunction with ESP’s own AVP-14 cords. What I didn’t expect was that the combination would add to the AVP-14’s coherence and presence without further degrading their timbral accuracy. Furthermore, the Power-Flow did a credible job of improving the power coming out of the wall" |
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New! The Essence REFERENCE Power Cord, The Inner Ear - May 2007, by Myles Astor |
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IF I WASN'T TRAINED FOR SURPRISES |
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| IN TODAY'S ULTRA-HIGH PRICED WORLD, |
| ESP'S THE ESSENCE REFERENCE POWER CORD'S PRICE AND PERFORMANCE SHOCKED ME |
| "THE ESP CORDS proved a revelation in my system and are clearly more than an accessory or tweak. They produced as large an improvement in sound quality as would have been wrought by replacing any single component - and at significantly less cost. The cables brought together the system's dynamics, transparency, resolution, and imaging. ...from a performance-value perspective, ESP's The Essence Reference AC power cord should be considered a no-brainer as your next, inexpensive, upgrade." |
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New! The Essence REFERENCE Power Distributor, SoundStage! - May 2007, by Marc Mickelson |
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"There is a fulsome neutrality, not the emaciated version that so many audiophiles have come to identify as neutrality, along with a fast, wideband handling of transients. Its sound, if "its sound" does exist, has the character of flowing water: clarity with no dominating flavor, which is the point of a product like The Essence Reference." |
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The Essence REFERENCE Power Cord, TONE Audio - December 2005, by Jeff Dorgay |
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THE VERDICT
"Personally, I don't care if they dunk these things in the French fryer at MacDonalds
to make them do what they do. I want neutral sound for my reference
gear and that's what the Reference cords deliver...if you really
want to get more music from your system, without affecting the tonal
balance at all, I can't recommend (The Essence) REFERENCE high
enough. I'll be using them in my reference system from now on!"
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The Essence REFERENCE Power Cord, SoundStage! - November 2005, by Marc Mickelson |
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"...The Essence REFERENCE power
cords were exceedingly close to real neutrality... performance without obvious
limitations -- completeness." |
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The Essence Power Cords and Power Distributor, Positive Feedback vol.
8, # 3 (Winter 2000) by Rick Gardner |
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"...this
is not a matter of preference. Once I heard my system with the E.S.P. products
in place it simply sounds 'wrong' without them, not less good, wrong." |
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Keith
Jarrett's 1999 solo piano CD release entitled "The
Melody At Night With You" |
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In
CD pamphlet, Keith Jarrett says "Special thanks to Michael
Griffin of Essential Sound Products for use of E.S.P. Power Cords" |
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The Essence Power Cords - Ultimate Audio - Recommended Components - 1999 by Greg Petan |
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"No
single accessory has had a more profound effect..." |
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The Essence Power
Cords - FI - Recommended Components -1999 |
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"The ESP's are the best after-market power cords that several on our staff have heard." |
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The Essence Power Distributor & Power Cords - FI - August 1998, by Wayne Donnelly |
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MORE (AND CLEANER) POWER TO 'YA
"...the full ESP lineup is pretty dazzling." |
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The Essence Power Cord and POWER DISTRIBUTOR, SoundStage! - October 1999, by Marc Mickelson |
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"...individual sounds -- singers, instruments, spatial cues -- emerged from a deep blackness and with a quick, immediate quality." |
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The Essence Power Cord, FI June 1998, by Wayne Garcia |
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This review actually features the Audio Research CD-2 player. Read
on and you'll understand why it's as much of an endorsement of The Essence power cord as it is the component. |
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The Essence Power Cord, The Absolute Sound Issue
109, by Mark Bucksath |
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The Essential Sound Products "The Essence" Power Cord - On Umbilicals...
"At last a power cord that can properly be termed a component." |
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The Essence Power Cord, FI - April 1996, by Michael Gindi |
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The Essential Sound Products Power Cords
The review that put E.S.P. power cords in the audiophile consciousness. |
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A/V POWER-FLOW Power Cord and Multiple Outlet Strip, SoundStage! - December 1999, by James Causey |
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"If
you could pay an extra 150 greenbacks to make your amp and CD
player sound this much better when you buy them, you’d do
it in a heartbeat." |
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The Essence Review Excerpts |
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Quotes by reviewers from trade publications including Stereophile and FI magazines. |
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