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Anyone go without power conditioning

I'm currently running 3 dedicated lines with upgraded power cords. I have borrowed an Equitech unit and also the smaller version of the Audience conditioner. I thought both were very good but not worth the 2000.00 price tag. I'd rather put my money into a better cartridge or vinyl. I'm wondering if anybody out there feels as I do. I'm not knocking anyone that uses power conditioning I just feel I can spend my money more wisely.
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rlwainwright
1,904 posts
 
Our power here - Washington, DC - is quite clean and very stable. All my components are dead silent with no input, even at max volume. I see no need to spend money on a power conditioner here...

-RW-
usblues
1,217 posts
 
Totally system dependant.With dedicated circuits your much less needing one and with saying that,I also say spend the bread elsewhere,YMMV,Bob
larryken
537 posts
 
I use and EP15A on my dedicated circuit for my SET rig....it stabilizes the AC at a steady 120 and rebuilds the waveform on the fly...my power (near Boston) has big voltage fluctuations with surges and outages. I could hear a huge difference between into the wall and with the Exact Power unit....guess it all depends on the quality of your electricity. But if you go straight into the wall your gear is defenseless, right?
usblues
1,217 posts
 
Its defenseless against lightning no matter what you got.Lots of tech articles in French will bear out my last sentence....Sure,YMMV,Bob
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glory
1,614 posts
 
I have a full Isoclean system.

Running the amp through the Isoclean did not produce the best results but going directly into the wall did. Running the CDP/TT power supply through the Isoclean is a 35% improvement in sound. TV/DVD picture is outstanding with the Isoclean.

I can't see getting rid of the Isoclean gear in the near future as it is the foundation of my system.
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