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Power conditioner or outlet?
If you want to understand the problem of contaminated power and how to clean it up, I suggest you study the information presented here. https://www.equitech.com/lifting-the-grounding-enigma/ |
First of all I would question how many people can tell the difference between one very good power cord and another. Second,If you share power with others and it’s not a dedicated line your own going to get a lot of stuff you don’t want in your system that will affect the sound. From other equipment like appliances in the home. With no protection from surges. I have had all the best power conditioners on the market my last one was an Audio Quest Niagara 5000 thay all have a tendency to chock the power of my Pass Lab amps. Just switched to PS Audio Power Plant 15 BEST Decision I ever made good luck |
easola01 Like every tread that asked for others experience you'll receive every side of a rubik's cube full of opinions . So here is my side and my opinion , until recently most power conditioners could not handle the high current of power amps so plugging them into the wall was recommended , which is where I plug my amp into . I have an isolation transformer that I plug my turntable , phono preamp and CD player into , an isolation transformer eliminates DC voltage and separates the ground from neutral . I do not have a power conditioner , I went a different way . I have all my electrical equipment plugged into Tripp-Lite Isobar surge protectors , Refrigerator, TV system , Deep Freezer , computers and Clock Radios ( I read where they are very noisy ) . Years ago I had my stereo equipment plugged into one when my house lost the neutral feed , all I had was 2 x 120 lines entering the house , turn a light and bang . We lost a refrigerator , clock radios and a toaster but my stereo system was saved AND Tripp-lite sent me a new Isobar , they have " isolated " outlets , they filter between outlets so I am cleaning some of the noise before it gets onto the houses AC. I also have 5 PS Audios noise harvesters on the circuit that my stereo system is on , as well as Green Wave filters on the circuits with motors like the refrigerator and deep freezer , and AudioPrism Quite Line noise filters on any circuit that does not have a Green Wave on it. One misconception some have is that if you have a dedicated power line that you are eliminating noise from other sources in your house , all that does is allow for fast current draw and no problems with connections . I read another post about an electrical panel of 200 amps only being able to pass 200 amps , the ratings are for constant draw , a powerful amp on a 20 amp circuit could have instantaneous demands for 50 or more amps without tripping the breaker in the panel . You could buy one power conditioner or you could try to protect everything in your house as well cleaning the electrical noise at the sources , theoretically everything should operate a little better , I know the TV systems seem to look and sound a little better . And after moving the 3 different electrical noise cleaners around and finding how each one produced different effects I have a very clean sounding stereo system . All together my little separates cost less that $750 . Good Luck Rob P.S. I had taken my PS Audio Noise Harvesters over to my friends house, we plugged them in one at a time into both his Furman power conditioner and just the wall outlets ( before and after the incoming current on the AC line ) . The most improvement was heard when using all 5 that I have plugged into an outlet strip that was plugged into the outlet that his power conditioner was plugged into . So even with a quality power conditioner you can improve your sound with other " filters " that are non-invasive . |