Power conditioner or outlet?

kalali

The power conditioner I use is an old 65 lbs. hospital grade transformer-based cube with eight outlets. It puts out a consistent 124 volts whereas the adjacent wall outlet is normally around 113-115 volts. I can’t claim it’s a “good” conditioner since I have not made fair comparisons but it continued to deliver the 124 volts even when I plugged in my wife’s hair dryer ...

That sounds like more of a voltage regulator than a simple power conditioner. As mental points out, it’s not so much the voltage that’s critical, but the current, and no simple voltage regulator can increase the available current - it’s the law of conservation of energy.

But that doesn’t mean that your solution isn’t an effective one for you. I use both power conditioners and a voltage regulator in my system.

In MY system - all Ayre/Vandersteen - all the power conditioners I've tried have revealed their warts, I'd rather not listen to. (dangling participle)   I have top Furutech plugs and cables that go directly into the wall, where the best music resides.

@erik_squires 
Thanks Erik.  I see the SMP and LiFT acronyms attached to a lot of Furman models...from $ to $$$$ cost-wise.  The Elite 15i is helpful.

Kalili.....I forgot to mention, I had built a dedicated circuit into the audio room to a 4 outlet high grade furutech (dark grey, don't know which model). So no interference from appliances. However, the shunyata power conditioner is plugged into it. I have everything plugged in for the "conditioning" of the shunyata and the surge protection. I am a bit concerned about plugging a $35,000 system directly into a wall jack bare bones with no backup protection. Then again, I don't want degraded sound quality either, which is why instead of say...an apc style surge protector...i opted for a much more expensive power conditioner that is advertised as an audio grade conditioner.

But I should plug the power amp in directly is what I am reading....but the preamp is not necessary to plug in directly? I will do that, since it sounds like like the power amp has special considerations.

N80....you could try a surgex surge protector. No degrading from surges in the surgex products from their proprietary technology. Also, if not that, you could purchase a multi outlet power cord electrical box where you can plug/unplug your components without worrying about wearing out your wall outlets. I am having one built right now by JT Dynamic Power. Jason has built all of my power cords and interconnects....fantastic stuff at very reasonable prices. Great guy too