Puritan PSM156

My experience using the Puritan 136 conditioner with grounding box both purchased as a package deal I was thrilled how it drastically reduced Ac hash and noise measuring it using an old Entech noise meter, it was amazing.

We just had a major electrical upgrade and update to our 45 year old home right down to every single light switch and receptacle replaced .
Measuring Ac noise using Entech device prior to the electrical work it was awful , using the Puritan 136 it worked as advertised however ,….Having never used a power conditioner before in the past ive used transformer and psaudio power regeneration until it developed some odd problems.

I had a couple dedicated lines installed and it was interesting experimenting with plugging my front end components one by one first directly into a standard wall receptacle, gave it a good long listen then directly into a dedicated line then into the Puritan with my preamplifier, separate out board power supplies of my server and my dac .

My dac was effected most noticeable plugged into the Puritan .
I now use a Furutech GTO 3 with my front end components directly comparing the Puritan with the Furutech it was very difficult to detect what was robbed from preamplifier and server however most definitely my Holo Audio May KTE dac was effected the most robbing it of its true performance.

My experience using the Puritan 136 conditioner with grounding box both purchased as a package deal I was thrilled how it drastically reduced Ac hash and noise measuring it using an old Entech noise meter, it was amazing.

We just had a major electrical upgrade and update to our 45 year old home right down to every single light switch and receptacle replaced .
Measuring Ac noise using Entech device prior to the electrical work it was awful , using the Puritan 136 it worked as advertised however ,….Having never used a power conditioner before in the past ive used transformer and psaudio power regeneration until it developed some odd problems.

I had a couple dedicated lines installed and it was interesting experimenting with plugging my front end components one by one first directly into a standard wall receptacle, gave it a good long listen then directly into a dedicated line then into the Puritan with my preamplifier, separate out board power supplies of my server and my dac .

My dac was effected most noticeable plugged into the Puritan .
I now use a Furutech GTO 3 with my front end components directly comparing the Puritan with the Furutech it was very difficult to detect what was robbed from preamplifier and server however most definitely my Holo Audio May KTE dac was effected the most robbing it of its true performance.

@merlin66 

 

Your weak spot is your equipment trust me it's not the Puritan. Rotel is glorified Onkyo. 

I can say without a doubt after auditioning, A/Bing Shunyata, AQ etc the Puritan makes an audible difference that none of the others did. I let my ear decide the end of the day, but what I know is the equipment used also has something to do with it.  

There are technical differences in terms of the amount and nature of the filtering in the Puritan vs. other devices like AQ.  AQ has a unique grounding system and is at its best when everything in the system is AQ.  This is not the case with puritan and it is cable agnostic though their Ultimate XX PCs are excellent for the money.  

I like the PSM156 in general, its price makes it even more appealing.  I like that it is available and in-stock domestically.  The one unit I think I might like better is the Inakustik but at that point it is a matter of taste.

I would be shocked if you are not happy with it.  

Full disclosure, I am a Puritan and AQ dealer and am planning to buy into Inakustik so I certainly am biased toward all these brands.  A Niagara 3000 with thunder and/or tornado PCs through the system will beat it but that is a lot pricier.  

I find my system sounds the best with everything plugged into the 156.  Tried removing my amp and the sound was nowhere as good.  I also use the Groundmaster.