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Who Tried Power Conditioners Over The Years and No Longer Use Them Today, Any Why?

Been thinking back to when I started in Audio and how good the system sounded with no power conditioners or fancy power cords. Then in the '90s slowly they both became a huge profit market for stores and manufacturers of them. If you used one on front end gear only or whole systems I will be interested in your real-world experience you could share with us all. I have a few so I am not against them, but I do at times have questions. 
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drugolf
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The question to me now is the difference between having to condition your power after the wall outlet vs. the RF that your cables pick up after.

ghdprentice
7,150 posts
 

Yes, we all have different power and therefore power conditioning needs. Our neighborhood  has buried power cables, I have two direct lines... but alas a power conditioner makes a big difference.

chorus
976 posts
 

Did anyone see Alvin’s latest Youtube video demoing the newest Denafrips

power conditioner? BIC500 model. $800 US as I recall.

Reason I mention it is that during the video

he uses a noise sensing tool to measure the improvement his machine makes.

This small handheld device looked like a $20 deal from Radio Shack.

It showed the noise level drop from 100 to 20. Now this could easily be staged

I know. But what was the device? I want one!

chorus
976 posts
 

 

Shunyata has a $2k device I had heard works very well.

Maybe one with less outlets would cost closer to $1,200

and they will come out with it.

 

The AQ Niagra device for about the same$ has many fans too.

 

Balanced Power Isolation is a process which also lowers

the noise floor but does not rob voltage. I am buying an older

one designed for home and Pro use. I do have dedicated 20amp

lines already but am told this will make further improvement.

Will advise in a couple weeks what I find.

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