Power conditioners.
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I do not, and never have, used a power conditioner. Are they worth the investment? I've seen a lot of them listed on eBay, and that makes me think I might be able to snag a good deal while also wondering 'why are people ditching these'?
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The_Polkster wrote: »I do not, and never have, used a power conditioner. Are they worth the investment? I've seen a lot of them listed on eBay, and that makes me think I might be able to snag a good deal while also wondering 'why are people ditching these'?
Last place I'd buy one..... Do you know if they have taken a good hit? Nope
They right ones are worth their weight in gold, others not so much.
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I don't know. You have to wonder how often these things get stressed with a voltage spike.
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one thing to look at, how much $$$$$ do you have is your gear. What part of the country do you live in? Are there are thunderstorms in your area? If yes, then a good power conditioner/surge protector is a must. I don't know how many times I've seen people hooking up $1.000 TV and $2k in audio to a Costco $10 Cyberlync surge protector.
My mom lives in Oklahoma, Everything in her house is plugged into these
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0002YDZWO/ref=ox_sc_sfl_title_12?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER
She has yet to have anything fry so I got one to try. Yes the picture did get a little cleaner on my TV and maybe a little help on my audio.When I was a kid my parents told me to turn it down. Now I'm an adult and my kids tell me to turn it down.
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Kind of depends on what you're wanting it to do. Do you want true power conditioning? Or, are you just looking for equipment protection? Some designed just for protection can actually degrade your SQ.
As mentioned, beware of used unless you know its history. -
Real power conditioning/surge protection costs money. Look at products from PS Audio, Shunyata and SurgeX, all proven to be worth the coin.
Another thing, power amps should be plugged directly into the wall.Political Correctness'.........defined
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I have a Furman Elite-15 PFi power conditioner and I've been quite happy with it. It also has 45 amps of AC power reserve which improved my amps performance and sound when compared to being plugged into the wall or my old Panamax 5100 which is now in my garage."Make a man a fire and he'll be warm for a day. Light
a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life." -
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Another thing, power amps should be plugged directly into the wall.[/quote]
Why is that? Do conditioners restrict current? -
Yes some do restrict current. Many amps also have power conditioning type of device just past the incoming power cord, not all but some. 20 amp circuits and wire do not impede the juice your amp wants to pull.
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I have the Ps Power Plant 3 and I use the amp circuit on it and am happy with the results. Some can restrict peak current.
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I have a P5, I cannot figure out (possibly because I am short on time), which combination of electronics plugged into it yield the best sound. Right now I am testing out the amp and preamp into the wall, while the Emm Transport and Emm DAC into the P5.Magico M2, JL113v2x2, EMM, ARC Ref 10 Line, ARC Ref 10 Phono, VPIx2, Lyra Etna, Airtight Opus1, Boulder, AQ Wel&Wild, SRA Scuttle Rack, BlueSound+LPS, Thorens 124DD+124SPU, Sennheiser, Metaxas R2R
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I use a Silver Circle Audio Pure Power One 5.0 power conditioner in my main system and plug all components into it -- CAT 600.2 amp, PS Audio DirectStream DAC and PerfectWave Transport, MacIntosh C220 tube pre.
Before I installed the power conditioner, I had a lot of noise in the background. After installing it, the background is black.
As others have said, good power conditioning is expensive, but it is worth every penny in SQ improvement, in my opinion.Family Room, Innuos Statement streamer (Roon Core) with Morrow Audio USB cable to McIntosh MC 2700 pre with DC2 Digital Audio Module; AQ Sky XLRs to CAT 600.2 dualmono amp, Morrow Elite Speaker Cables to NOLA Baby Grand Reference Gold 3 speakers. Power source for all components: Silver Circle Audio Pure Power One with dedicated 20 amp circuit to main panel.
Exercise Room, Innuos Streamer via Cat 6 cable connection to PS Audio PerfectWave MkII DAC w/Bridge II, AQ King Cobra RCAs to Perreaux PMF3150 amp (fully restored and upgraded by Jeffrey Jackson, Precision Audio Labs), Supra Rondo 4x2.5 Speaker Cables to SDA 1Cs (Vr3 Mods Xovers and other mods.), Dreadnaught with Supra Rondo 4x2.5 interconnect cables by Vr3 Mods. Power for each component from dedicated 20 amp circuit to main panel, except Innuos Statement powered from Silver Circle Audio Pure Power One.
