SnubWay - Noise Defender

I took a flyer on this during one of the occasional price reductions by Mark. Given the glowing reviews, Vera-Fi's generous return policy, and the reasonable cost, I decided, "why not, can't lose?"
So, I received the SnubWay, popped it in the the second outlet of the duplex that feeds my power conditioner / transformer and promptly and completely forgot about it. I didn't listen closely much that week, my system was mostly providing background music during several jam-packed days.
7-8 days in, I sat down and played some Pat Metheny, Beach Boys, Coltrane, and a bit of Yes. Sitting in the sweet spot, but working on the computer while doing so, I suddenly looked up and declared, "Wow - great clarity!" I don't think I've heard my system sound quite like that before.
Delighted, I started working less and listening more. A few records later, all sounding fresh and unveiled, I remembered the SnubWay. Coincidence? Who's to say? My system sounds so great these days, I haven't yet chanced removing the SW to test my impressions. I'm afraid of breaking the magic :).
When I finally do, I'll report back. But for now, this silly thing seems to be providing some serious good sorcery on my electrons...

Snubway improves sound stage and details and placement of the instruments on the sound stage. Using the combination of the Snubway and the Mainstream even further expanded the width and depth of the sound stage. Micro details become more evident.
Using both of these in the home theater provided better color saturation along with better overall sound!
In my 2 channel system the sound the sound became more holographic. A definite win-win for me. The more of these you add the more you'll gain.

Clearer sound and better separation of the music, heard more of the music.

This is my first Vera-Fi product. My system, except amp, runs through a 25# noise reduction Topaz transformer. The SnubWay still made a sonic improvement. There is a band of hash and grit in the lower highs that is greatly reduced. The system sounds so much more pleasant and relaxing.

This works so well, I purchased a 2nd SnubWay for the amp and a Main Stream for the complete system. Amazing improvement. The system now sounds the same day or night. I can listen for hours without fatigue. Highly recommended.

My Main Stream and SnubWay filters arrived a week ago today. I plugged both into the back of my power conditioner replacing one of your older Puron filters. (I was so impressed with the performance of your older filter that I decided to gamble on upgrading to this pair of filters.) They have been in my system now for about 140 hours. Listening at my normal level to my favorite tracks, the music was noticeable louder. As I listened, I realized that the overall volume had not increased but the dynamic contrasts within the music were greatly improved. I assume this was due to a further reduction of the noise floor. The other thing I noticed was that very subtle details in the background, bells, brushes on cymbals, wood blocks, while clearly resolved in the past, were part of a “sonic fabric.” That fabric was now gone and each of these delicate sounds now existed in three-dimensional space with a sense of air around them and their own dynamic range. For a guy like me, who loves hearing these inner details, my listening engagement went off the charts. Long story short, this pair of filters made my system more transparent, more engaging and brought me closer to the experience of listening to live music. If anyone out there is fence-sitting, debating on getting these, ORDER THEM! I have spent thousands on cable upgrades and not heard as big an improvement as these filters provide.

MIT Z-1 and Blue Circle BC86. Highly recommended!

WOW! 💥 I added the Main Stream unit first. After a good amount of break-in time, I started hearing the backgrounds in the music sound quieter. Instruments are a bit more focused in their own space. A subtle but noticeable improvement overall. Now I decided to try out the SnubWay. 48 hours in, no real change in things. Fast forward to about 500 hours of being in my stereo system (with the MainStream still in place) and I cannot believe what I am hearing! I have a much bigger soundstage right-to-left and the same for depth front-to-back. There's a greater separation of instruments & voices and yet there's more layering and detail in between. Anyone who cares about their music and optimizing the way your stereo sounds needs to contact Mark L. Schifter at Vera-Fi Audio. Of course, YMMV in your system. Tell Mark that I sent you!

This is my second Snubwayand I have had one for my audio system and it made an audible improvement. This second one is for my new tv and soundbar. Again a visual and audible improvement. Smoother clearer sound and sharper and clearer picture. Well worth the modest cost. Highly recommended!

With so many portable plug-in noise filters on the market, some of which I have tried and implemented in my system(s), I was leery of the SnubWay but decided to give it a try. I was not too impressed at first when implemented in my 2nd system as it caused an upper frequency glare when placed in the outlets in the listening room. With some experimentation, it became clear that placement was the key to extracting its full potential with one place being most effective and that was in the dining area where we have our laptops. Placing a SnubWay on that circuit had a substantial improvement on the systems resolution and noise floor. Unplugging the laptops was also shown to reveal additional reduction in noise. Highly recommended but experimenting with placement in one's home is key to extracting its full potential.

In a nut shell: Snubway and Mainstream combination has cleaned my audio as much the best painting with excellent details and texture covered with dust for years comes to life when the dust is cleaned. Picture hasn't changed, its the appearance that is now more appealing. Just this way these devices makes music pop up.

I wouldn't give what has improved on which of the track, because every track sounded awesome, very detailed to me. I don't want to leave it to your imagination rather wanted you to experience it.

While some may consider the effect to being bright due to increased resolution, but truly that is how probably your system with good power supposed to sound.

There may be several other products with similar offerings and if you have time to experiment, fine try your best fit, otherwise these are real stuff at a very affordable price. And if you are a person like me, would spend time enjoying the music then think no further, just add Snubway and Mainstream. Mostly you will not regret with your decision.

I would say buy it, plug it, sit back and relax for a week and then thank yourself for the decision to buy it otherwise avail the 30 day money back guarantee. Whatever don't decide to unplug it without running atleast for 100+ hours, 10 days to the best.

Detailed review:
Friends if you have time read thru the entire review to get a feel of my experience.

I am a real person, an audiophile, paid purchaser of the products, not a reviewer paid or affiliated to any publication nor have any affiliation with the product(s) or the company nor here to influence your decision.

My setup has power conditioner (Synergistic Research Powercell SX) and multiple power enhancers (from High Fidelity cables, Add-Powr Sorcer 4 and Synergistic Research various products) including the well acclaimed power cords (Synergistic Research SRX and Galileo) that are supposed to eliminate noise. Absolutely no product using SMPS, only LPS from Sean Jacob and Farad even on network devices including modem, router and all network switches in the chain. All external PSUs use Core power technologies Diamond xtreme power cords. And most importantly the entire audio network is on a seperate circuit with 30A breaker on its own. I was very happy with my setup.

In my interactions Mark recommended to try Snubway. I mentioned to him I already have several power enhancers in my setup and will these really add or do anything different. Mark very confidently responded, based on what his customers experiences was it will, give it a try. I very reluctantly ordered to give it a try, not because they are expensive but because of the efforts and time involved to spend on it.

Here's the summary of my experience:
Upon plugging Snubway and Mainstream to the main power receptacle that feeds the entire system, I heard something different happening.

At first the change I heard was in the lower frequencies, which was also my observation with most other products that are made of pure copper. The experience was OK as it isn't the final state, results can go either side after few hours of listening. The best part even at this stage is nothing is added or removed, I could enjoy music as before.

Day 2 (after 30hrs+), I haven't heard what my experience has been the first few hours of plugging in. Music seems to be sounding more closer to how it was before adding these devices, but a little more details poping out from a very far off distance. Day 3 thru 5 (36hrs to 100hrs), gradual improvement especially tigher bass compared to the previous days as well as details popping out closer as it aged connected and powered. I don't shut my audio equipment, leave them on always except when away for more than a day or bad weather conditions.

I usually play audio at moderately higher volumes especially when recordings are too good and wanted to enjoy every detail. At about 100hrs+ of use, due to an unavoidable situation I had to play music at considerably lower volume, almost 2-3db down from my normal listening volumes all that day. Interestingly, in my listenings that day I never felt a need to raise volume even for those existing moments. Every detail popped up crystal clear, just like how a painting would show cleaning dust from it. Imagining and soundstage from my original audio equipment is unaltered, just the stress is relieved.

As days passed it just added more excitement forcing me to listen again every track I previously enjoyed. At this stage I decide to go back to earlier setup, so, unplugged both Snubway and Mainstream from the chain. I could hear the difference immediately, but this time felt it a bit dull.

Not being sure, to double verify whether it is a placebo effect or real, plugged Snubway and Mainstream into my multi-channel HT. My HT setup too is equally powered with power conditioner, enhancers and power cords similar to audio setup. Surprisingly, same impact on audio there too and interestingly video improved to a gr...