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Power Conditioner Advice please...

I would be grateful for advice from the forum with regard to the following:

My system sounds significantly better in the evening/night than during the day and given that I live in a busy commercial area it would seem likely that I need to clean up the power. 

Ultimately, I will buy an AC regenerator but do not currently have the budget for that. I am therefore looking at a power conditioner and which I hope to buy pre-owned for under $/£1,000.

Given my amps draw a large wattage (peak 400w into 4ohms) I am nervous about placing a conditioner between them and the mains.

The other components:

1.     Auralic Aries - has its own external linear power supply.

2.     DEQX  -  “Nine separate power-supply regulation stages  including four that provide the main analog rails deliver extremely low measured distortion....”

Where do you think I would be best to apply any power conditioning?

Any other suggestions welcomed.

Thanks very much

soma70
gdnrbob
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You might want to check out Core Power Technologies. They have some products that will clean up your power.
They just made a big move to another location, but a call/email to Mark would be a great start. There is a long post on Agon:
https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/equi-core-1800-core-power-technologies-1800
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hifiman5
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PS Audio has focused its company efforts on power conditioning and regenerators for many a year.  Their stuff is hand assembled in Boulder CO, and is built like a tank.  I have a P5 regenerator and it is fantastic.  If the cost of that is prohibitive, then you should try the Dectet power conditioner.  The link below is from Music Direct which carries the Dectet.  PS Audio itself is currently out of stock.  

What's really nice about the Dectet is that it has a duplex outlet dedicated to the needs of high current power amps and then two isolated zones comprised of four outlets each.  One zone for any analog equipment and then another zone for digital.  At $499.00 I would consider it a bargain and you won't have to worry about restricting power to your amps.  

Hope this helps.

https://www.musicdirect.com/power/ps-audio-dectet-power-center
inna
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First you need to find out if the voltage fluctuates wildly. Where I live it does from 116V to 127V, American current, so I have to use the regenerator. If the voltage is stable you don't really need a regenerator, only very good passive conditioner and power cords, including the cord from the wall to the conditioner.
My PS Audio Premier spends too much energy for itself when it has to correct the voltage a lot and/or when the current is particularly dirty, and as a result the dynamics suffers. However, without it the system is unlistenable in the daytime and early evening. And I mean it, it becomes a big boombox. Newer P5 and P10 are said to be better.
willemj
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Of course your system sounds better at night: it is a lot quieter and a lower noise floor means more system resolution.
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hifiman5
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@inna   I had the PS Audio Premier, actually 2 of them.  My first one suffered a complete regenerator failure as I was trying to run my entire system including power amp off of it and it just couldn't handle it.  PS sent me another new Premier which worked well without the power amp connected.  I had that running off a PS Duet.

A few months ago, I took PS up on their trade-in program to get a P5.  After a few good discussions with customer support, I was assured that I could run my entire system through a P5 with no sweat.  I'm happy to report that everything I was told is correct.  With my line stage, SACD player, phono stage, two outboard power supplies (one for phono stage, other for the modded SACD player plus a heavily modified McCormack DNA-1 amp plugged into it and I am using 38% of its power delivery capability.  

Listening to Keb Mo's "Slow Down" disc right now at live volume and it is dynamic as He**.
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