We live in an electrically noisy soup, permeated by all manner of potential interference. Standard mains distribution blocks and extensions often used for audio/AV systems can actually contribute to performance degradation, offering little in the way of shielding, and typically incorporating noisy neon power indicators, fuse holders and low-grade wiring/bus-bars which are all points of weakness.
These factors and the degree to which they can degrade audio performance have perhaps been underestimated previously, only recently coming to play a critical role in many manufacturers’ product design strategies. At Atlas, such issues have been a core consideration for several years, culminating in the introduction of our latest Eos ‘em’ power cables and distribution blocks. The Eos Modular 4.0em is a premium, fully screened power extension block designed and built to deliver unimpeded power to the most sophisticated audio system components.
Start with a strong foundation. The Eos Modular 4.0em block is internally wired with the core components from our 4.0em power cable. This consistency of materials is highly desirable, minimising material ‘barriers’ which are themselves points of weakness. Housed in a robust steel chassis, the Eos Modular 4.0em can be supplied with either 6 unfiltered power sockets, or in a 3 unfiltered/3 filtered configuration. The latter are particularly suited to use with streamers, network bridges etc.
The block is fully shielded, constructed from a welded steel chassis with anti-vibration contact damping and is configurable with optional filtered sockets. All components are of the highest quality, with the filtering circuit board being of heavy-duty design with gold-plated connections.
We use a technique called ‘Atlas ssd’ (sequential socket decoupling) to ensure that even those sockets which are not subjected to inline filtration enjoy a level of interference-free operation. The benefit is all the sockets perform and measure identically, not the case with normal domestic blocks where the sockets nearest the cable entry typically perform best because the impedance rises as resistive losses accumulate on each ‘daisy-chained’ socket.
Even the neon power indicators on conventional domestic blocks are a source of noise in themselves, which is why we don’t fit them to our blocks.
