Power Conditioners

The cinepro really made a big difference. The noise floor was lowered considerably. Also the music seemed to have more impact. Large storage capacity, 1.5 Kva, on the ten amp model. My friend and I both bought one after doing a listening test that lasted about, well we had barely enough time to turn around.

The Shunyata Hydra is tremendous. All of the products you mentioned are pretty good, but the Hydra is a different level of power product.

It takes about five days to break-in but when it does the difference are huge.

From my limited experience with various PLC's, i think you notice the biggest difference when you take them OUT of the system. Many of the improvements are subtle and take some time to notice / get used to. When you remove them from the system, you can then notice all those subtleties that are no longer there. The lower noise floor, ticks, pops, etc... from other devices in the house being turned on now become FAR more apparent.

I also think that PLC's work FAR better in congested living conditions ( apartments, condo's, city dwellers in hi-rises, etc..) or those in residences that have a LOT of people sharing the same pole transformer. Those that live in the boondocks or have very limited electrical usage around them may not notice near as much of a benefit. Sean
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I've had good results with Mike "Vansevers" stuff.

Sean, as is usual with his expertise, is right on the money.
Powerwedges and the early Brisson stuff were the first plc I experimented with and they made the system noticeably quieter. I did not find, that they reduced dynamics. I've also used Equi/Techs( balanced power= less noise) and the PS Audio stuff, to run US voltage equipment here in 230VAC country with no detrimental effects at all. With the Bybee powerconditioners I tried, I did not really notice much difference, neither with the Tice stuff. But I found the TAD, an early Bybee attempt, which is without current protective devices, subtly increased the dynamics on the preamp,(Spectral DMA 30) I used it with. I've never tried the really expensive Accuphase and Burmester gear, but I am very happy with the PS Audio 300 and 600, which also helped to make my system somehow subtly quieter and its rendering more "relaxed" and naturally musical.