Bargain power conditioners

I bought a couple of the Monster 2000's from Globe Mart. If your interested in this specific unit, they have what is BY FAR the best price on it. After using this unit for a while, i substituted a used Adcom ACE 515 power conditioner ($50) for one of my Monster's. I immediately noticed increased bass weight with better tonal balance. I also noticed that the Adcom does not filter out as much noise or interference. Turning the light off and on in the next room now produces a "pop" out of the speakers when it did not effect anything when the HTS-2000 was hooked up. For those that are wondering, i only have my sources and preamp hooked up to the filters. The amp is in no way being current limited this way. Sean >

Does anyone have any recommendation on the Monster - HTS2500. The difference between this and the HTS2000 appears only to be the addition of three filters. Do you think this will improve/degrade the sound, and that it can be rack mounted.

Mike, stay with HTS2000, stage three filter in the 2500&3500 models sounds worse than HTS2000 IMO......I have tried both and use only HTS2000, Sam

What about the Panamax 1000+ conditioner? Stereophile likes it.

Real Systems need real power conditioners. It's about energy storage to handle intense musical passages and surge protection. If you can justify spending $200+ on interconnects and power cords, do you really think a $200 power conditioner is worthy? Equi=tech and PS Audio are real world power line conditioners, and are available from www.audiotweakers.com