Frank Acoustics Power Bank Storage
The
words Power Bank becomes synonymous with the coming of smart mobile phones, the
same PB (in name) find itself into the audio scene of late. Here, I am talking
about FRANK PB-15000Ws Power Bank Storage from Frank Acoustics.Since my system already quipped with TORUS 8A-AVR power conditioner, which the entire system draws its current from, and I own only a small system so I thought I do not need power reserve like this behemoth FPB-15000Ws. I was wrong!
Despite
many of my peers are singing praise about this FPB, I remained unshaken and did
not jump in the bandwagon like many others. It was through casual conversation
in a social meeting with Frankie, the designer that I agree to give it a try.
It has given me very surprising improvements on all counts, and with zero
negative remark.
1.
My system has low
noisefloor. Prior this, I never felt that there is any need in reducing noise
in my system; the installation of PB, in my hopeful intent, was to stabilized
the power swing due to the commercial centre next door between operation hours.
And what a pleasant surprised when I noticed other good effects that are
considered to be bonuses. To be honest, I am not sure whether it is the
noise floor being reduced, as I can only deduced that it is because I hear more
refinement with better micro-dynamic details retrieval with this addition, and
indeed my system is now less susceptible to the bad effects of power swing.
2.
In a satellite
speaker system like mine, where lower octaves are helped by woofers (Rogers
AB-1) and REL subwoofer where both are trying to work well into main speakers
of BBC LS3/5A pedigree, I can have (allowed) a good excuse for slight lesser
fidelity in the bass as compared to the main speakers’ performance. To my
surprise, the addition of PB gives the most audible good effects in the bass
frequency band; the bass control and definition have improved to a stage that
many music were termed as “unplayable” in the past, like 80’s pop/rock music,
are now sounds good. Seemingly the PB has boosted the power handling of my FM
Acoustic 108 mono power amp from 70W RMS to a more powerful amp.
3.
Almost
simultaneously, together with what I noticed to the low frequency band, tonal
balance above it has taken on an elevated threshold with the high frequency
extremes being most immediate; that the high frequency band is now pristinely
clear and free from minute artifacts of phase shift, which was never noticed
before; as a result, the staging imagery presented with an improved clarity,
focusing, better isolation and providing a clear delineated dimensionality unheard
before in mm system.
4.
There were so
much going on and certainly the bandwidth balance gets noticed at the same time
among the rest I mentioned earlier; the rhythms and tempo of music, its
arrangement and other physical attributes in sound are heard more “structured”
and has better composition. The sound becomes more “tidy” in comparison.
5.
Naturally, once
the above are inplaced, the embedded emotional content, the expression of
musician and his/her musicianship or artistry are able to come through more readily,
making the listening that much more effortless, and at the same time, allows
you to hear more and deeper into the music.
I
am more than pleased with this addition, and this Bank,unlike all other banks,is definitely good!Thumbs up!
