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PC or Line Conditioner

Hello,
Quite a few years ago I had a post asking people to chime in on what they would recommend for a good Power Cable. I find it funny because at the time I had the Ayre CX-7xe CD player, V-5xe Amp, and the K-5xe pre-amp. Now I have the V-5xe (in Black), K-5xeMP, and the Oppo UDP-205, using AQ Wind XLR IC's. I still have (2) Richard Gray's Power Company PC's and the RGPC-400 Pro. I find myself in need of more outlets and was looking at a used RGPC off of Ebay, but after talking with Gary, the tech guy, at Ayre he really believes that I should spend the money for the Ayre L-5xe that has (4) outlets. There is one right now on Agon for $1,400 OBO. It is not a conditioner in the normal sense, it is completely passive and there is no voltage regeneration or current limitation.
But I still am a fan of running a better PC than what comes with the component. Like I said I have the (2) RGPC cables and I just bought a Kimber Kable PK-14 Ascent. I would really like to keep the price for the cable under $500 but I also am giving more thought to putting that $500 to the Ayre L-5xe instead. All though I would be looking at more than twice what I would be spending on a Power Cable.
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks,
David
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lak
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FYI: no one's power is stable, its always in a state of change, some worse than others. With that said, various power conditions will tame that change and stabilize it. My Equi=Tech 2Q has two different LED's, I can monitor incoming power or the outgoing power to my components.
I've also used a multimeter along with my Core Power Technologies Equi=Core 1800 and see constant voltage. I'm sure the same would be true with other good power conditioners.
nutty
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f1wheels,

 I would speak with Richard Gray- but I believe you can daisy chain multiple 400 Pros. That way you could purchase an additional new or used unit and double the number of outlets.

Good luck!

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Take a look inside of balanced power: https://www.google.com/search?q=Inside+of+an+Equi%3DTech&nord=1&tbm=isch&tbo=u&sourc...:
nutty
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Equi=Tech is very nice.

Torus Power also makes toroidal based products as well. Using transformers made by Plitron. Mark Levinson uses Plitron transformers, I believe.

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I was doing some looking around and I really like the PS Audio Perfect Wave Powerplant 5. There is one up for sale right now on Agon for $2,750 with a new price of $3,500.
I wanted to ask does anyone have an opinion of PS Audio's earlier stuff like the P-1000? It is huge and looks to weigh at least 75 lbs it has 10 outlets total and sold new for $4,000. They are asking $1,800 OBO for it. How does their older products compare with the newer stuff?
Thanks,
David

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