recomendation on a power conditioner

Actually, there is a consensus that, if you live with frequent surges and likely lightening strikes in the neighborhood, a surge protector at the power entry point is prudent for your own safety as well as for your system.

Kal

No such consensus. I live in such a place and my computer went at the same time as the surge protector. Later when I had no surge protector but had a Sound Application unit with the stereo on, lightening hit six feet from the stereo and did no harm. It played hell with nearly everything else in the house, however.

All surge protectors sound like hell and afford little if any protection. If you want protection in thunderstorms, disconnect your equipment. I do.

Tbg-

Consider yourself fortunate. I wonder if any high quality mixing/mastering studios abjure such protection. The few I've visited sure don't.

Kal