Seeking advice on power conditioners/regenerators

05-26-2021 11:45amIf you are looking for the biggest difference maker in you situation you should try an EP-2050 too.
https://store.acousticfrontiers.com/products/environmental-potentials-ep-2050


https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/ps-audio-power-plant-vs-ep-2050

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Environmental Potentials EP-2050 Waveform Correction Absorber:
The EP-2450, a lightweight, full-size chassis, has eight unisolated AC outlets that can pass 20 amperes of HF-filtered, ground-filtered, surge-protected AC, and comes equipped with a filtered and surge-protected coaxial line. KR used the EP-2450 to rid his system of noise generated from digital amps. "Reduced amp noise to effective inaudibility!" The E-2050 provides protection from AC-borne noise by means of a tracking filter, and uses a metal-oxide varistor to clamp and absorb surges. KR: "Examination of my house's line voltage on an oscilloscope revealed a smoother, cleaner 60Hz signal than before." (Vol.28 No.9 WWW)


I don't have one but just sayin'.

No matter what a dedicated line is essential.  Then make sure to add a Brick Wall or ZeroSurge first for protection

I DO have that.  Plus whole house surge protection plus PS Audio AND AudioQuest gear.

There is no such thing as a dedicated line. It all goes back to the same place. As far as current draw is concerned, your circuit breaker is going to trip long before you overload the line. As far as noise is concerned, any decent power supply will filter it out. That is what it does for a living, filter out AC, any AC. 
All this business with "power conditioning" is lay instinct run amok. Replacing my entire system would cost just shy of $100,000.00. All I use is one 10 socket power strip for the front end and two separate 20 amp lines for 4 power amplifiers totaling 4000 watts of power. Most of the units are using their stock power cords others I made myself. I tried a power conditioner way back. All it did was take up space. 

My power is a bit noisy because I have a solar system and the invertor doesn't generate the cleanest power. I found that my PS Audio regenerator helped a lot to reduce noise and resulted in a blacker background, better low level detail, and slightly improved imaging. 

However, it did not work well on my power amps, resulting in reduced dynamics.

I think power regenerators work best on equipment that has a fairly constant current draw, which generally includes all front end devices, but do not work as well on amps which have high instantaneous current demands. But that's my opinion and, as they say, your mileage may vary. 

mijostyn

There is no such thing as a dedicated line. It all goes back to the same place.

Your claim that there's no such thing as a dedicated line would be quite a surprise to the folks who write the National Electrical Code, which requires a dedicated line for some household appliances. In audio, the advantage of a dedicated line isn't (as you mistakenly believe) that it's fed from a different source, but that it feeds only one device.

As far as current draw is concerned, your circuit breaker is going to trip long before you overload the line.

It's not clear what you're trying to say. A circuit breaker's role is to protect the wires in the wall, so it should trip before the wire itself heats up from overload.

All this business with "power conditioning" is lay instinct run amok.

Perhaps if you understood dedicated lines a little better you'd better understand other issues relating to AC power.

Replacing my entire system would cost just shy of $100,000.00.All I use is one 10 socket power strip ...

So? There's no correlation between cost and power requirements nor, apparently, the ability to understand that yes, Virginia, there is such a thing as a dedicated power line.