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In the Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity.

Post Subject: PurePower: a model of corporate hypocrisyPosted by oxric on: 12/12/2010

Romy the Cat wrote:

A few words before I lay down the facts. Over the last week I got a number of signals from PurePower that I shall not defame their products. Their marketing director Bob Rapoport – a certifiable idiots – informed me that my finding about PurePower 2000 are “based on sheer fantasy”, that he “would bet that in a double blind AB test I would never know the difference” and that I shall “take down the entire thread about PurePower
from your blog” because it “this is a hobby to you, but its my livelihood”. Their technical people dodge my calls. They claims that they here no difference of any kind between old and new units and between PP2000 running from AC and buttery. This is very alarming and my odder to demonstrate it to them, even more - my proposal to give my facility and my engineering rescores for their disposal to find the problem – all left without answer. The PurePower owner has, who looks like offsite now days, has more rational position. He also is concern about me “defaming” his company product. He diplomatically implies that “we are interested is solving your problem”, which makes me surprised: my problems? Really?
The whole point is that the problem I am experiencing is not my problems but purely the PurePower, or more accurately the problems with PurePower 2000 operation.
Rgs, Romy the Cat

Hi Romy:

A long time ago, I contributed to this thread when I questioned the unfortunate tendency of some to treat batteries as a cul-de-sac in the audiophile's quest for a power supply which is clean, efficient and reliable. In the light of what has transpired since, and in spite of your own often stated refusal to consider batteries as a potential solution to your power problems ( I did say that the demands of your playback would make such an installation very onerous and rather difficult to implement), I suggest that you forget your natural prejudices and at least try such a solution, maybe just with the source equipment to start with. I know you will have an apoplexy that I dared mention the 'b' word again, ban me to the netherworlds and from your site, qualify the whole notion as preposterous, question my ability to read and understand fairly unambiguous statements in simple english , but here I am, standing (barely) and saying you ought to try batteries.

Now about PurePower. When PurePower expresses concerns that you might be defaming their company products, I presume that they are referring to trade libel law as it is applied in the courts of Massachusetts. So I went on their website to see if there were any claims made about their products which are contradicted by your own experience with their products. Whilst doing this, I came across a a long list of quotes that they used from various individuals and scrolling down the page I come across a quote from you (and clearly attributed to you):

PurePower™ 2000

"I appreciate audio devices that instead of demonstrating their own qualities, force you to think about sound. The new PurePower 2000 is turning to be such a device. I have so many ideas and so many thoughts with the sound the 2000 produces that I truly surprised myself. Today, spending many hours with my new regenerator and listening to music, I could not hold myself from laughing as many times I caught myself acknowledging that this or that aspect of the sound was exactly how I always insisted it should be. It was like being an orphan and suddenly discovering one's own parents

Somehow the PP2000 surgically removes all negative manifestations that are typically associated with bad electricity but keeps everything else absolutely un-affected.

After spending those 4 days with the PurePower 2000, I suggest that they adopt my proposal for a new slogan: "We do not 'f ***-up' your Sound." As far as my familiarity with power treatment devices is concerned, I know of no other power company or product that might be entitled to use this slogan.

It looks like the PurePower 2000 resolves the problem with electricity once and for good..."

Roman Bessnow, www.romythecat.com

The above is lifted from their page entitled 'Reviews and Opinions' So we have here, for our common delectation this most debased sort of modern corporate entity, the type of vulture that will prowl the web looking for crumbs of praise from all possible parties, exploit these to serve its most undiluted commercial interests, but threaten legal action the moment one dares say something disparaging about the company's products, even if backed up by a desire to help them get it right. It makes my soul shudder at the sheer gall of it. I cannot tell you how nauseous this kind of hypocritical behaviour makes me feel and how I would love to see PurePowerAPS' lawyers cringe under the scrutiny of any court. The best lube in the world would not protect them from getting what will be the eventual and sure outcome of such a case. From what you write about Bob Rappaport above, it sounds as if this might well suit the gentleman's inclinations.

I read their marketing spiel, their technical claims and their product literature, and whilst it is obvious the company makes many claims of utterly reliable performance and exemplary service, it is clear there are several documented instances where its quality control failed and service was less than exemplary. Actually the service provided by PurePower is so below par that how they have managed to stay around is a complete mystery to me. They fully deserve to vanish without a trace and I can only wish there was another product from a more responsive company, that genuinely understood something about sound, that would do the job.

Romy, this is science and PP does not have a monopoly over a perfectly capable solution to our mains problems. It is only a matter of time before this other solution is found. It is a shame that to some extent you got 'captured,' whether you will openly admit to it or not, as you clearly needed their assistance to sort the flaws with your units. I hope somehow you find your solution soon whether from PP or elsewhere so you can vent your spleen freely about this utterly miserable little company.

Regards
Rakesh

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