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Power conditioner or outlet?

I have a Shunyata MPC-12a power conditioner. Read that it was a good choice for audio equipment so I bought it. I also have high end power cords to all my equipment, as well as to my Shunyata.

I have recently read comments from listeners that you should plug your amp/preamp straight into the wall. Is that the case if you have a good power conditioner? I will do so if it is a better option, just concerned about no surge protection for the amps...but also don't want degraded sound! I am asking this because I am a newbie at all this, more money than audio sense. I am interested if anyone might have any experience in this
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celander
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I like plugging all audio gear into a power conditioner having some electrical surge protection. Nothing audio-related gets plugged into a naked wall outlet.
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kalali
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"it’s not so much the voltage that’s critical, but the current, and no simple voltage regulator can increase the available current - it’s the law of conservation of energy."

Sorry, I probably need a refresher on my EE but I thought one of the reasons folks invest in high quality power cords, dedicated circuits, or even care about high quality power supplies - both internal to the gear or external, was to avoid a drop in supply voltage as the gear, particularly high power amplifiers, draw current during peak demands as well as control sagging voltages during these swings.  Which part of the Ohm's Law am I missing?
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dentdog
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Balanced power, dedicated lines.
rbstehno
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This is so easy to test for yourself. I have 6 dedicated 20 amp circuits for my audio room and I don’t use any conditioner for my monoblocks. For my digital front end I use a conditioner on a separate 20 amp circuit 
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tastyfreeze
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Something is better than nothing.I feel the front end benefits from clean power provided by better power conditioner products such as your Shunyata.  I feel amps should be unrestricted, so you have two choices.  Power conditioner products that will support the load of the amp, or at a minimum some type of higher current power protection device. ( APC, Furman, ... ). 
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