Get Power Conditioner -downgrade my expensive PCs?

A good power conditioner will make the benefits of good power cords more apparent, and vice versa.

"Remember plenty of them are just smoke and mirrors, especially the overpriced ones."

Just like power cords.

It's the old 'weakest link' analogy. You really can't skimp anywhere in the power chain if you want your gear to give it's best.

Thanks all

I'm looking at a APS model which has legitimate features like constant 120v, and runs off a battery (which takes the Power Company out of the equation) etc.

http://www.purepoweraps.com/pdf/USprices.pdf

I have modest $500 PC cables now, and figure that I could switch to 10g copper ones, with double sheilding and good connectors for about $100 each

Why not.. Im dealing with clean A/C output, so I figure that all I need is a neutral delivery system - your thoughts?

NB: Besides the "smoke and mirrors" aspect of some PCs, sometimes you're paying for legitimate technology to actually filter out some of your A/C problems..(which can can sometimes justify expensive cables) so why not a $100.00 nuetral cable for clean A/C applications?

My suggestion is to buy your power cords used. The $100 10awg cords
might seem like a good deal now, but if you find they don't make a
difference in the sound of your system, then you will quickly want to sell
them...at a 40-50% loss. This of course, is assuming they're new at
$100/ea. The other side of the scenario is that the $100 cords are
beneficial to the sound of your system. If this is so, and if you are like
95% of audiophiles, then you will quickly sell the $100 cords to upgrade
to something better. Again, you will sell at a 40-50% loss. Just the way it
goes.

You could be in the rare 5% of audiophiles and decide the $100 cords
are perfect and you decide to keep them. If you're one of these, then I
suggest starting your own Audiophile Counseling service to help the rest
of us...and pay for your system upgrades in the process. :)