Power Conditioners
Agree with others that a cheap power conditioner is probably not worth your $, and this area is very unique to each individual’s household power situation and system. I’d buy a good used conditioner you can turn around and sell for little/no loss if it doesn’t do anything for you. I’d consider getting something like a used Audience AR2P for about $350. If something at that level makes no improvement I’d sell it and put $ into something else that does. I do think it’s worth exploring though, because if it it makes an improvement it can be significant. Best of luck. |
This question comes up so often I've made a blog post about it: https://inatinear.blogspot.com/2019/04/power-management-for-frugal-audiophiles.html |
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