Power Conditioner: Isotek, Audioquest or other?

mglik

The nature and character of the wall power are, by far, the most critical element to the nature and character of the sound.

That depends on what's in the rest of your system, and what the quality of your AC power is. While your claim may be true, it probably wouldn't be true for most systems.

The only genius designed products I have experienced are those made by Shunyata. I am the fortunate owner of older models of their premiere products, Triton/Typhon ... before T & T Pandora was unlistenable. After I spend every morning delightfully reveling in true high fidelity of Pandora!

If you're listening to Pandora, that's probably your system's weak link, and likely more influential on the "nature and character"  of your system's sound than anything else. Even if you have the highest quality Pandora stream, you're still limited to 192 kpbs mp3 quality.

Hello Coto37.  I have a Powerquest 2 that I use for TV, router, etc.  I bought it mainly for the quality of its surge protection but it adds value by having a dedicated connection for TV which provides excellent filtering for 4K picture quality.  I have a Niagara 1200 for my hi-fi system.  The noise floor is amazingly quiet and added a superior sound quality.  As others have described it, music against a black background.  The Niagara 1200 achieves its maximum performance when using Audioquest AC power cables.  It's an engineered system concept, and it definitely works.  I also use the Audioquest NRG Edison Duplex all outlet.  If you are going to bring AC to your power conditioner than you should begin with proper connection.  Those $2.99 wall outlets that all houses have are worthless for delivering high current draws.  That said, be aware, when purchasing the Niagara 1200 it comes without a power cable.  They do this so you can buy a power cable that fits your need in length as well as budget.  I use their model, Monsoon, for connecting the 1200 to the wall outlet (the NRG Edison Duplex).  I use Monsoon for my phono stage and theater processor, and I use Tornado High Current and Tornado Source for my power amp and preamp.  The 1200 also provides 2 dedicated high-current plug connections for power amps.  I connect my main power amp and my powered subwoofer to those outlets.  Again, the noise floor is zero and the music to black background is superb.  I can't recommend it enough.  Hope this helps you in your decision making process.

@tuberist,
Here is a link between PS Audio and AQ:
https://positive-feedback.com/reviews/hardware-reviews/audioquest-niagara-5000-ps-audio-p20-directstream-power-plant/
For the money, it seems AQ is the way to go.
Bob

I use Panamax VT 4015 and am very satisfied. Most insane power system I ever encountered was an Army buddy living in the Bronx, back when it was a virtual war zone with all kinds of illegal hijacked power taps, etc. He build himself a 120 volt DC battery pack from surplus telco 2000 AH 2 volt lead-acid cells; ran his rig and ham station from the batteries, and turned on the 200 amp charger he build every night before going to bed. Just can’t get better power than a setup like his!

Obviously he also had to hardwire his equipment to bypass the power supplies.  No residual 60 HZ riding on top of the fmsugnal abd no transformer hum.