Power conditioners and power regeneration


There are so many different options on this subject it’s unbelievable. But in the meantime it seems to me that between two companies that I’m comparing, they seem to do the same thing with power conditioning, and as far as I can tell there is no audible difference. Comparing two different conditioners, the elite 20 pfi and the aq pq2. On the other hand, I’ve heard that power regeneration is good, but it also can generate noise. Besides plugging into the wall, which I know works great, I still would like some protection to my amplifiers against brown out or surges. Has anyone else experienced any difference with these 2 products?

pureclarity

Hi.  Not directly responsive, but jumping on an existing thread as I just got my first AC regenerator (PS Audio P12) and I wanted to add my voice to the "not snake oil" camp.  I have tinnitis and my ears are very sensitive to any graniness or rough edges in sounds, and the PS audio definitely makes my system a little more smooth and creamy, and takes off the daytime handicap many complain of. Cheers.  

There is actually a wholly different approach that doesn’t interfere with the basic power flow: I use a combination of Acoustic Revive and Akiko Audio based purifiers with an Add Powr oscillator since I find that conditioners and regeneration both seem to mess with both frequency/phase and impulse and decay. In my mind superior. This third approach though requires a dedicated sour and good grounding.

BTW isn’t it amazing how @tvrgeek manages squatting on any thread requiring high resolution and good hearing?

Puritan works but they go cheap at the connectors using low conductivity Brass

on you tube I see people upgrading the Ring contacts with Furutech ,

land for sure the AC contacts should be gold over Copper .

I wrote to them many times Totally ignored , I told them offer a SE model .

why compromise a otherwise very good design . The ones that have upgraded 

said it is a Very good improvement in clarity , it’s too bad Many companies don’t care .myself and others can’t be bothered if the company don’t care .

I have my surge protection at the breaker box a Siemens 

then vh audio has a great one with surge power factor connection you connect just on your dedicated audio circuit .

breakers should be changed every 3-4 years ,unless you have silver plated copper contacts which I have on 2 breakers since the pandemic a5 industrial supply house no longer can get ,from Germany ,but by far the best $50 each at the time 

regular copper oxydizes ,and must be changed for it corrodes.

Interesting discussion. I use a Furman Elite 20PFi, but it sure seems like the quality of my sound varies by the time of day and I wonder if regeneration would offer improvement. I was researching Merason DAC's, and by accident came across, Maruson power products. What are thoughts on using something like:

 

for source devices? Granted you would need some outlets downstream from it, but pricewise it seems like a pretty good deal. Any thoughts?