Accessories · Side-by-side
Monosaudio AS-EU08 + SP-USB Taga Harmony PF-1000LPS
Same score band. Monosaudio AS-EU08 + SP-USB costs $245 less.
Monosaudio
AS-EU08 + SP-USB
An affordable alternative to PS Audio and AudioQuest. The AS-EU08 paired with the SP-USB delivers a darker background, lower noise floor, and a more refined sound.
Taga Harmony
PF-1000LPS
A serious 8-outlet power conditioner with a linear DC/USB supply, 3-tier filtering, audiophile fuses, and a phase detector - real protection and a measurable noise drop.
Pros & cons, side by side
AS-EU08 + SP-USB
Pros
- Outstanding build - 3 solid metal pieces, ~3 kg
- 8 pure copper Schuko sockets with proper spacing for thick plugs
- Audio-grade Furutech FI-06 inlet for your own power cable
- Ground connector accepts bare wire, banana, or spade
- Internal blue EMI capacitors + metallized paper safety cap
- Surge / lightning protection on top of filtering
- SP-USB cuts switching PSU noise with a linear stabilized supply
- Lower noise floor and improved high-frequency cleanliness
Cons
- Total cost climbs once you start adding both pieces
- Stiff power cable required for a tight install
- SP-USB ground switch needs experimentation per system
- Improvements rely on the rest of the system being resolving
- Won't help low-quality systems much
PF-1000LPS
Pros
- Heavy, all-metal chassis acts as additional EMI/RFI shielding
- VU-style voltage meter for at-a-glance power monitoring
- Phase detector flags incorrect polarity at the wall
- Linear PSU for DC and USB outputs - not switch-mode
- 3-tier filtering network with toroidal transformer
- Audiophile-grade internal fuses
- 8 Schuko outlets (4 direct, 4 filtered)
- Switchable DC output (5/9/12/15/19/24V, up to 3A)
Cons
- Heavy - drop it on something and you'll regret it
- Voltage meter isn't lab-precise, just indicative
- Power inlet uses a standard connector - not exotic
- Not the most flashy design - purely functional
- Schuko outlets only - European market focus
- Maximum total load of 10A / 2500W
Which one to buy
Short version: the rubric picks no clear winner here, but the right answer depends on what you are listening for, what is upstream, and what your budget actually allows. Here is how each side wins.
Pick the AS-EU08 + SP-USB if
Monosaudio AS-EU08 + SP-USB
- You want outstanding build - 3 solid metal pieces, ~3 kg
- You want 8 pure copper Schuko sockets with proper spacing for thick plugs
- Budget matters - it costs $245 less and the score gap is 0.0 points
- The Taga Harmony PF-1000LPS's downside - heavy - drop it on something and you'll regret it - matters to you
Pick the PF-1000LPS if
Taga Harmony PF-1000LPS
- You want heavy, all-metal chassis acts as additional EMI/RFI shielding
- You want vU-style voltage meter for at-a-glance power monitoring
- You can stretch the budget - $245 buys a 0.0-point step up on the same chain
- The Monosaudio AS-EU08 + SP-USB's downside - total cost climbs once you start adding both pieces - matters to you
How they were tested head-to-head
Both the Monosaudio AS-EU08 + SP-USB and the Taga Harmony PF-1000LPS ran on the same chain, integrated into the same reference chain - Enyo 15th DAC, Hades 12th amp, Arya Organic headphones, PowerCell 14 conditioning - and compared with each accessory swapped in and out across the same listening sessions. The two pieces were volume-matched at the output and swapped between the same set of reference recordings - acoustic, vocal-led, dense modern, and large-scale orchestral - so the listener compared like for like every session. No demo-room verdicts, no remembered impressions from previous sessions: this comparison is a direct head-to-head, scored against the published accessories reference list at the appropriate price tier.
What the 0.0-point score gap actually means
The score gap between the Monosaudio AS-EU08 + SP-USB and the Taga Harmony PF-1000LPS is within rounding distance of zero. Both pieces are characterised by the same rubric, against the same reference list, by the same listener - so when the numbers come this close, the differences are signature, not skill. Read the pros and cons side by side: where one piece's strength is the other's compromise is where you will hear it in real listening.
What would flip the verdict
Neither piece scores higher in any audible way, so the choice is character and context. Pick the Monosaudio AS-EU08 + SP-USB if its pros sound like the system you are building; pick the Taga Harmony PF-1000LPS if its first paragraph reads more like the music you actually play. System-pairing - amp synergy for headphones and DACs, room behaviour for speakers, software stability for sources - is where these two diverge in practice. Read the full reviews end to end: pros and cons summarise, but the prose tells you which one belongs in your chain.
Common questions about this comparison
Which is better overall, the Monosaudio AS-EU08 + SP-USB or the Taga Harmony PF-1000LPS?
On the rubric, neither - both pieces land within 0.15 points of each other, which is rounding distance on the 0-10 scale. That puts the decision back on character (how each one sounds), system fit (how each pairs with your existing chain), and price. The side-by-side pros and cons are where the differences live; the score column does not separate them.
Which is better value, the Monosaudio AS-EU08 + SP-USB or the Taga Harmony PF-1000LPS?
The Monosaudio AS-EU08 + SP-USB is the cheaper of the pair - by $245 on most listings - and the score difference is only 0.0 points, so the dollar-per-point math favours the cheaper piece on this comparison alone. Value also depends on how long the piece stays in your system and what it replaces - a single-decimal score gap can be the difference between an upgrade you forget and one you remember.
Which is better for a serious reference system?
Both pieces were tested for exactly that use case - a serious reference system is the listening context every review on this site is scored against. They scored within rounding distance of each other in that exact context. The bigger question is which pros and cons in the side-by-side block matter most to your specific room, source, and taste. The reviews themselves go into the long-form detail.
Were the Monosaudio AS-EU08 + SP-USB and the Taga Harmony PF-1000LPS tested at the same time?
Both pieces were reviewed against the same published reference list for accessories on the same listening chain, even if the individual reviews were published months apart. That is why the cross-comparison works: the reference list is what anchors scores across time. When a new piece enters the reference list and resets what a 9.0 means, older scores are re-checked and re-anchored. Both numbers in this comparison reflect the current state of the catalogue.
Are both pieces "Recommended" tier, or different?
Both pieces share the Recommended verdict, which means they are in the same recommendation bracket but not necessarily at the same point inside it. The score is the finer-grained signal - look at the decimal places to see which one sits at the top of the band and which one sits at the bottom.