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Electrostatic speakers and power conditioning

Hi,

Does anyone have any opinions as to whether electrostatic speakers can benefit by connecting the AC adaptors to a power conditioner or directly to the wall. I've heard that a power conditioner can shorten the life of the speakers as they would not be getting full power. If possible I would connect the speaker straight into the wall but the number of outlets may be limited in which case I may look into the Eichmann strip which is a bare bones product.

Thanks.
silverarrows

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denf
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Silverarrows - I am on my 6th pair of Martin Logans and have always used an aftermarket AC cord. While I can't say it makes a huge, demonstrable difference, every little thing helps, especially with the high resolution that electrostats are capable of.

I have also read that Logans can benefit from using a power regenerator, such as a PS Audio PowerPlant, set at a different voltage (lower? higher?) setting, but i have yet to attempt this. You can probably find something on this by doing a search through the thread archives here @ the 'gon.
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