"No product is perfect, but the aR8 gets damn close.  It’s strange; if a change this large is laid at the door of a CD player, preamp or power amp, few quibble.  Even saying changing the interconnect cables produces this big a difference might be accepted with scant question, but to attribute these ort of improvements to a power product is always viewed quizzically.  The fact remains that the Audience adeptResponse aR8 makes a big, important difference to the sound, every bit in line with three grand upgrades to electronics further up the food chain.  So, set aside your preconceptions and prejudices and listen." Alan Sircom – Issue 69 Dec 09 Read Full Review

Positive Feedback Online's Writers' Choice Awards - for 2008 “There was a kind of transparency I hadn’t experienced outside a few concert halls, and not in any of my systems. I mean transparency here in it’s original sense (as first used by J. Gordon Holt). There was simply, a greater “invisibility” between you and the experience." "Perhaps the greatest strength of the upgraded Audience power conditioner lies in the way it captures the human voice. You hear it as if anew, and with a harmonic integrity never quite fully there before." "So, it was into this system that I plugged the new Audience aR12-T, replacing its predecessor, the just plain aR12. And the transformation of that system was transfixing. Maybe even "staggering" and "astonishing", according to the first impressions I jotted down. Rather than taking those words textbook literally, take them as a measure of my surprise at the transmogrification I was hearing." The Absolute Sound HP’s Workshop A Breakthrough in Sonic Transparency Harry Pearson -- Nov 08 Print Version

“The sonic results of the two sibling aR-12s are not even close. Where the original raised the bar and set a very serious standard, the Audience aR-12 T creates an entirely new benchmark. Further, in my experience, this degree of overall system improvement simply cannot be achieved with ANY other individual investment, regardless of the amount—$8,000 or $80,000.” Greg Weaver – Sept 08 Read Full Review

"This is a remarkable product. And, in my experience, audibly superior to every other "conditioner" I have tried out (and given the peculiarities of the power network in New York, I have tried more than a few over the years). It is, to use a word from the earliest days of the hi-fi delity movement, simply much more transparent than the competition. And Audience lets you hear more ambient information, more definition and articulation of the musical images, and all that with what sounds like a reduction on those hard-to-describe distortions that ride atop a musical (or electrical, one supposes) signal. More to come." Harry Pearson -- July 08 Print Version "I've used a wide variety of power-conditioning systems over the years, but none has ever produced the type or magnitude of benefits I got with the adept response." Brian Damkroger -- Recommeneded -- Apr 07   Print Version "This expensive but extremely effective 12-outlet conditioner delivered significant improvements in bass definition and depth, overall resolution, and soundstage depth. Build-quality is exemplary." Robert Harley -- Editors Choice Awards -- Oct 06 "The Adept Response made a phenomenal difference in my system. Fundamentally, it improved the clarity of recordings by eliminating a previously undetected lack of definition, without introducing any brightness or most importantly any coloration. That is worth repeating. I did not hear any coloration from the Adept Response or any obscuring of the rhythm of the music. The Adept Response just made every recording I listened to more natural and in turn more musically engaging." Max Shepherd -- Jun 06   Print Version "I can say with certainty the Adept Response is among the elite of AC conditioners, and if you’ve not tried one, or haven’t had much success with other brands, then you need to give Audience a call." Clement Perry -- Aug 06   Read Full Review "King Of The Passives - If you are seeking the ultimate in passive power conditioning performance, especially for the reproduction of high-end caliber audio, the AdeptResponse is as good as it gets." Doug Blackburn -- Aug 06   Print Version "Conclusion. The Audience Adept Response line conditioner is a beautiful machine to gaze upon and use. Unlike so many other line conditioners with substantial prices, the Audience does give one reason to feel that the hardware involved justifies the price charged." Martin DeWulf -- #170 -- Mar 06 "Uniformly, those rooms with the Adept Response were some of the best sounding at the show." CES Show Report -- #169 -- Jan 06 "In carefully considering the architectural and equipment specifications of my new studio/demonstration room, I chose only the best. Audience Cables and their Power Conditioner deliver the kind of reproduction quality that our high resolution recordings demand." Mark Waldrep, Ph.D. -- Aug 06   Equipment List "Treble with the Adept Response is superb, coaxing some of the finest highs I've heard out of a number of components. But, it's the clean dynamic action that I've obtained with the Adept Response that to my way of thinking sets it apart from other AC line conditioning devices that I've used in the past." Martin DeWulf -- #166 -- Aug 05 "Greater bass clarity, an increase in overall resolution and detail while improving the organic nature of instrumental texture left no doubt that the Audience Adept Response would remain a permanent fixture in my system." Greg Petan -- Editors Choice Awards -- Jun 05   Print Version

"...these two units beat the crap out of any other power conditioners I've had in my system." Bill Gaw -- Nov 07 Read Full Review "Because BluePort's live recording work is subject to the caprice of strange power sources in a constantly changing variety of venues all across the United States, the challenge of filtering and stabilizing current flow to multiple pieces of high-end recording devices is staggering.  I've used nearly a dozen different "power conditioners" over the last ten years or so, each promising spectacular sonic results.  The only one that delivers sound with utter purity, clarity, and freedom from extraneous electrical grunge and gremlins is the AUDIENCE "adeptResponse" . . . a product, in my overburdened world of recording work, I regard to be on the top rung of contemporary power conditioning excellence.  When I have a project that must have all of its elements as technically perfect as possible the adeptResponse twelve outlet box sits at the outset of my "on location" recording rig. I seldom build a work station without it." JIM MEROD, BluePort Jazz High-Definition Recording Engineer "I doff my cap to the generous audio enhancement that adeptResponse subtlety brings my musical universe." Jim Merod -- Mar 07   Read Full Review “This high-end conditioner filters the incoming AC as well as isolates each of the 12 hospital-grade AC outlets from each other. The result is a cleaner overall sound, better bass definition, a more spacious presentation, and greater ease and involvement. Expensive, but worth it."  Robert Harley -- Editors Choice Awards -- Dec 06 "If you have already dialed-in your amps and source components, and are looking for one final piece that will yet again leap-frog your system to a new level...try the Adept Response." Sherlock -- Oct 06 Read Full Review "List an attribute you would expect to have from your power conditioner, and this one actually delivers." Greg Weaver -- Writers Choice Awards -- 05   Print Version "The Audience adeptResponse is perfect in every way. With its gorgeous silver cabinet, it gets a ‘10' for looks. With enough outlets to power even the largest of systems, it gets a ‘10' for practicality. And lastly, with its ability to improve the sound of every piece of gear that I plugged into it, it gets a ‘10' for functionality." Fown-Ming Tien -- Writers Choice Awards -- 05 "I have a fair amount of experience with high-performance AC power conditioners, but the Adept Response took me by surprise. Comparing my system's sound with the components plugged into the Adept Response and straight into the wall, I heard a wide range of obvious, musically significant improvements." Robert Harley -- Sep/Oct 05   Print Version "At $3800, the Audience adeptResponse is not inexpensive, but given its ability to improve the sound of everything connected to it, I feel that it is worth every penny. Audio gear is always about compromise. The Audience adeptResponse is the first and only component I have experienced that represents zero compromise." Fown-Ming Tien -- Nov 05   Read Full Review