My new line conditioner

jrlouie

I bought a Panamax line conditioner, one of those ones that fit right in with your audio rack. This is good, since all things on that rack can plug right in. My question is, what should you do if your TV is too far to reach the conditioner in the rack. How important is it that the TV is plugged into it from a conditioning aspect (not surge)? From your past experiences, will the TV significantly benefit from its power cord being plugged into the conditioner?
I can plug the DVDP, CDP, amp, pre-pro, VCR all into the conditioner. But if the TV can't reach....

HiPerf360

Go get a black extension cord and plug it in to the conditioner.

I just found some 12'? black 14/3 cords at wallyworld

Willow

Your receiver might have an always on input or maybe a cable box. IN which you could plug the TV to which would be connected to the conditioner.

jrlouie

Okay. I might end up doing that. Just didn't know if the extension cord kind of diminishes gains returned by the conditioner. Sounds like a benefit would still be there.

Skynut

Plug the t.v. into the conditioner even if it means an extension cord.
If you have the cable connector in the back hook that up also.
I was impressed with the improved picture quality myself.

audiobliss

All the sales and discussions of power conditioners have really got me wanting to add one to my system. Hmm.

AsSiMiLaTeD

Willow wrote:

Your receiver might have an always on input or maybe a cable box. IN which you could plug the TV to which would be connected to the conditioner.

Please never do this...you receiver simply isn't built for this, especially with something that consumes a decent amount of electricity like a TV or amp...

Willow

Polkmaniac wrote:

Please never do this...you receiver simply isn't built for this, especially with something that consumes a decent amount of electricity like a TV or amp...

I was simply providing options if he was desperate to be sure it was hoooked up to the conditioner. Personaly I wouldn't use an extension cord FWIW

jrlouie

well, none of my components have AC outlets. but even if so, it wouldn't have helped much because I still have to run the power cord from the TV over to the audio rack, where all my components are. so it still wouldn't have reached.
anyway, i just ended up trying two different things. i pugged a power strip with a fairly long and heavy gauge cord from the conditioner which made it reach. i also tried a plain jane extension cord. i could not tell a difference with either. but at least my tv is plugged in to the conditioner i suppose.
improvements in audio or video are still being tested. i do not see any improvements while watching satellite tv. gonna have to give it a few days and test other things out like the DVDP, CDP, etc.

jrlouie

audiobliss wrote:

All the sales and discussions of power conditioners have really got me wanting to add one to my system. Hmm.

Something for those who are considering. You know that slight hiss your tweeters can have if you put your ear next to them? From everything I read, it is normal. But anyway, a conditioner for me doesn't affect that. It still does it. Not that I really had expectations one way or the other, just something I wanted to try out. Interesting too, it seems to be a product of analog inputs. I guess it is the noise floor of my 990, with analog. Because even if I flip to an un-used input, set it to analog, ear next to the tweeter I can hear the hiss. Flip it to coax or optical or USB, hiss goes away.
Just thought others might find that info useful.

audiobliss

Thanks for that tid-bit.

jayman_1975

jrlouie wrote:

Something for those who are considering. You know that slight hiss your tweeters can have if you put your ear next to them? From everything I read, it is normal. But anyway, a conditioner for me doesn't affect that. It still does it. Not that I really had expectations one way or the other, just something I wanted to try out. Interesting too, it seems to be a product of analog inputs. I guess it is the noise floor of my 990, with analog. Because even if I flip to an un-used input, set it to analog, ear next to the tweeter I can hear the hiss. Flip it to coax or optical or USB, hiss goes away.
Just thought others might find that info useful.

I have notice this as well with my setup..i find that it goes away when i turn my tv off...i phoned my brother in law and asked him to try the same thing with his but he says he doesn't hear the "hiss". He has a crt and i have an lcd tv. I can have all other components off and still hear the hiss when the tv is on. And the tv isn't hooked up to the reciever in any way shape or form. Strange.

Sthrndream

I believe this stems from the RCA jack being an "unbalanced" input as opposed to balanced. The reason I say this is that I now use "balanced" XLR inputs in lieu of unbalaced RCA jacks. Now, what I want to convey is that the inputs, not the cables are balanced, although Ive seen claims of balanced cables which means there's a ground on the interconnect. I live by a radio tower and use to get the signal through the speakers when it was in any mode. Since using XLR, it doesnt exist.
Skynut is correct in telling you to plug the TV into the line conditioner. Colors (blue, red and white in particular) are brighter, bolder on my Sony rear projection.