Power conditioner help


Hi All,

 Posting this here since there is no section devoted to power products. I also posted it in the miscellaneous section. 

If you had a choice between PS Audio P10 power plant and a Transparent Powerisolator Reference, which would you choose and why? Both available at reasonable prices, though P10 is still quite a bit more. I have a pretty high end system with a Musical Fidelity NuVista 800 integrated amp, NuVista CD (the new one), Scoutmaster turntable, SDS/ADS, Herron VTPH2, Wilson Sashas, and all Transparent Ref MM2 cables. System sounds great, but my present Powerbank 8 is quite old now, so I want to upgrade it.

Thanks for your opinions.
arsh
Asked because you seemed to be agreeing with michaela's comment by stating " I wouldn't disagree with that" ; or did you mean to state that you disagree ?  
My recommendation is to try to audition both units in your system and hear the effects.  First for sound quality, second to eliminate ground loops and third to significantly lower the noise floor.  This is what I have found to happen.

I have tried PS audio devices, not the P10 but others and also the Transparent Audio device.  I noticed significant improvement by using the Transparent Audio device.

Also, I have found it helpful to plug all the low level signal devices (pre-amp, TT, tuner, CD player, DAC, etc.) into the conditioner and that plugged into its own dedicated line.

The amps are plugged into their own dedicated lines without conditioning.

I have a raised foundation house and therefore, it was relatively easy to run complete dedicated lines to the listening room from the AC panel.

I can't speak for the new PS Audio P10 device, but if you are seriously interested, I would demo them both in your system.

For equipment that costs as much as these do, I would have a real problem with dealers that would not allow me to take them home for a few days for an in-home demonstration/audition.  My favorite store would simply take your credit card information when allowing this, so if you decided you wanted to keep the item, they already have the information.  If not, you simply return it.

enjoy


Any PC that doesn’t regenerate the AC wave form is a waste of time and money IMO. I wouldn’t run my systems without PS Audio AC regenerators and have been using them since 2000 when I first bought the original model to plug my sources and preamp into. They make a huge improvement in soundstage and reduced noise. In fact I will go so far to say that, if you have invested considerable coin in a quality audio system and you're not using one of these, you are in denial as to what your system can really do.