Owner`s manual

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Ethereal ESP3014 Power Conditioner with Surge Protection:
The ESP3014 is not a component style power conditioner but instead is laid
out like a power strip in that it can be placed on the floor or hung on the
wall. Don’t let that fool you though. The Ethereal is fully featured and has a
few tricks up its sleeve. The unit comes with a 1 year warranty and an
msrp of $ 199.00.
The ESP3014 is pretty unassuming in its appearance. The housing is made of
black polymer which gives it a bit of a flimsy feel. Its 14 outlets are broken
down into several groups. Each is labeled either as Filter 1 switched, Filter 2
unswitched, or Filter 2 unswitched high current. They are arrayed with 8
outlets on one of the unit’s long sides, 1 on each of the short sides, and four
on the front face. The front face contains the power switch, 12 vdc trigger
input, digital voltmeter and ammeter, Ethernet input/output, and 3 sets of
coaxial RF connections. Along the top edge of the front face there are three
LEDs to indicate protection on, wiring fault, and ground ok. Along the unit’s
right side there is a set of telephone RJ11 input/output connections. There is
also a 15 amp breaker with a reset button located near the power cord. The
grounded 14 awg 8 foot connected power cord has a right angle plug with a
shallow head for ease of placement.
I made all the connections to the ESP3014 and switched on the power via
the rocker switch on the front face. The protection and ground ok LEDs
illuminated to advise that the ground was present and the unit was providing
surge protection to each of it’s outlets. The digital volt meter indicated that
the unit was receiving 122 volts at it’s input. I powered up the Outlaw amp
and Anthem pre/pro with no problem. The digital ammeter indicated that the
current draw was 3.2 amps. These numbers coincide with the amount
usually drawn by these components as did the voltage coming from the wall
outlet. This told me that the ESP3014’s voltmeter/ammeter do provide
accurate readings for both.
I did a system check for noise and noticed that the front three channels had
low level humming coming through the mid range and bass drivers. It was
only audible from about 6 inches away and could not be detected otherwise.
The surrounds did not have the same sound but I did detect some
background noise when pressing my ear to the speaker. Again this was not
detectable otherwise and did not pose a problem. I swapped in the B&K
amplifier and did not hear the low level hum in the front three channels but
the background noise was present in each of the seven channels.
I ran through some standard and high definition sourced material through my
DVR to check the pass through abilities of the 3014. Standard def. video was
slightly noisier than usual especially on the lower analog channels. High
Definition video looked just fine but also contained some artifacting which
was generally more noticeable in darker scenes. I would have to conclude
that this was being introduced by the ESP3014. More than likely this would