![]() ![]() ![]() I said just now that the Torus looks like a big power amplifier and it does – I can well imagine that the casework could have doubled as a case for an amp. The Torus is a big unit but looks just like another component on the rack. Yes, you could get by with one of the big industrial-looking mains transformers you can buy ( and I do have one of these but it is so ugly that I have never bothered to wire it up) but then Torus has made their offering much more domestically acceptable, and where very few people would get away with an industrially cased transformer in their main listening room or any room for that matter, the Torus unit looks like a big power amp that will sit happily on your rack of choice – if it will take the weight. Where the Torus differs from the Time Machine is in its level of sophistication, control, power handling, and other features – it’s even connected to the web. Very heavy! But then given that this is, to bring it down to its basic level, a huge mains transformer in a very nice box, it was always going to be a beast! But that’s really not the whole story with the AVR 2 ELITE series of power transformers in that way over and above our little (it’s actually quite little but bloody heavy) Time Machine, the Torus Power AVR 2 is much more sophisticated in what it can do and what is in the box, though it should do the same kind of job. The package arrived on a palette and was heavy. When Torus got in touch to ask me if I would like to have a play with one of their units I naturally jumped at the opportunity – I remember the first time I saw one of their units at a show with its clothes off and thinking that I’d really like to have a go with one in our system. I tell pretty much anyone who will listen that this form of mains conditioning has clear sonic benefits and others who have followed suit have reported similar sonic paybacks. ![]() It works very well, but it looks a bit Heath Robinson (Rube Goldberg is the American equivalent) as it was indeed made by a friend. Said Time Machine is basically a big Toroidy mains transformer in a box with an input power socket and an output socket to which we connect a multi-plug adapter from Atlas. Readers who have been following my wafflings over the years will be aware that I’ve been a long-time advocate of something we affectionately refer to as the Time Machine. Stuart Smith ditches his Time Machine and takes a trip with the Torus. TORUS POWER AVR2 ELITE 8 CE REVIEW The Torus Power AVR2 Elite 8 CE is a power “conditioner” based around a toroidal transformer to effectively isolate the power going to your audio gear. ![]()
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