Digital sources best with Hydra 8's analog outlets

Assuming the reason for plugging amps and analog gear into outlets
separate from digital gear is to eliminate digital hash in the power
supply to the analog equipment, and assuming the back filtering Venom
technology in the Hydra conditioners works as advertised to eliminate
contamination from digital hash, then plugging the amps into a separate
outlet should be unnecessary. Isn't this the reason we pay big bucks for
the Shunyata Hydra products in the first place? It seems ridiculous to
buy and use separate Hydra units to eliminate a problem the Hydras are
supposed to correct.

I dunno. It seems to me the Hydra-8 works great. But I don't think any power conditioner works optimally with the amp plugged into the same equipment as the front-end. I wouldn't really blame Hydra for this state of affairs.

Gladstone, it's not about blame. It's about product claims made by the manufacturer and whether they hold up under real world use. Frankly, I tend to side with a manufacturer until the claims are proven untrue. I have yet to see any empirical evidence that Hydra conditioners don't perform as Shunyata says.

Tvad: Now you're relying on spec's, empirical evidence and manufacturer's claims? I would think that Brent's comments as passed onto him by the manufacturer of the product itself would tell you something.

So that everyone else can follow along with what i'm getting at, IF the Hydra truly weren't "current limiting", it wouldn't matter where the amp was plugged in at. That's because there would be an abundance of current and power capacity regardless of the outlet chosen and where it was located within the wiring scheme of the Hydra. Given that this comment came from Brent aka Brainwater, i have no reason to doubt the validity of it. Given the internal wiring scheme of the unit, which i provided a link to for all to see, i can understand why Shunyata would say what Brent claimed they told him.

Other than that, i agree with your comment. If a manufacturer tells you that the unit isn't current limited, it should be able to provide a steady state level of current up to the rating of the circuit breaker and wiring feeding it. Sean
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Sean, there is no black and white. We agree on that account. Yes, I
prefer to rely on manufacturer claims until those claims are indisputably
proven false or incorrect. I'm not generally prone to conspiracy theory.
It's part of the innocent until proven guilty premise.

I was given the same info as Brent many months ago when I emailed
Shunyata requesting their suggested order of component installation to
my Hydra 4. IMO, just because a Shunyata representative recommends
plugging the amp closest to the IEC, and plugging the digital source
farthest down the duplex chain, it does not automatically mean the
person offering the suggestion is tacitly admitting to problems with
current limitations or transmittal of digital hash. It could simply mean
the representative, when asked the question, is offering the most logical
and optimal installation pattern regardless of those issues. Certainly, if I
were asked the question, and if I knew the Hydra didn't limit current, I'd
still suggest plugging the amp closest to the IEC and the digital source
farthest from the IEC. What the heck, might as well cover all the bases
even if they don't need to be covered, right? I consider that good
customer service, as opposed to if the representative had said,
"Oh, it doesn't really matter."