Voltage Regulators & Sound Quality


Anyone care to comment whether or not voltage regulators need to be an integral part of a music & home theatre setup. My bias is to budget these dollars to a higher quality amp or processor, but would be interested in hearing various viewpoints.

Thanks
mattkimb96
i am beginning to look into powerplants. There is quite an Audiogon consensus that the PS Audio equipment is really good.

I am not quite ready to buy yet but at this point someone will have to talk me out of getting one of the PS Audio units and into buying another.
Sean,
Have you had any experience with the Exactpower voltage regulators? What's your thinking on it's design?
Jayarr: I'm not familiar with those devices at all. Having said that, I will only add that a toroidal based product will always perform to a lower level than an old "iron core" I-E type transformer based product IF built with "top quality" in mind. This does not mean that a toroidal based product isn't a step in the right direction or wouldn't be beneficial to one's system, but that using such a device might be a bit of a trade-off compared to if one were looking for "the ultimate in performance". Then again, most all of audio and life in general is about "trade-offs" and "compromises". Learning to do the best that you can with what you can afford is a trick all to itself : ) Sean
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