Power Conditioners Suited to Digital Front End

Holy ^%&%! It did not take long to hear the improvement the RSA Haley brought to my system. I was hesistant to plug in the CAT JL2 into the conditioner because it can run at 900watts, but the Placette and Accustic Arts only run 30 Watts between them and the Haley is rated for 1800 watts. Well they are all plugged and everything is better. Amazing improvement in micro detail. You hear it in all things percussive - piano keys, drums, snares, the singers breath. Bass seem to have more room filling bloom and tuneful. I'm starting to think of this thing as a component upgrade, not simple power. It brings out a considerable improvement in the perfomance of my system. With the Mongoose power cord this thing lists for $1,600 - it is worth every penny if you have a system that has fairly expensive components. Let's put it this way, I like it alot. With only five hours on it, I expect it will only get better with some more burn in.

Congratulations Pubul57, I'm glad this purchase worked out for you.

Thank you Clio09. I'm a snake oil sceptic, but "good" power conditioners are worthwhile - I suspect there many out there that do more harm than good - the RSA Haley is not one of them - I recommend that everyone at least try one. If you electrical situation needs one, this is a good one. I suspect the BPT is as well.

Wow, great to hear you found a product that brought an improvement. Did you try just the front-end alone into the Haley? .... and did you try just the CAT amp into the Haley? I would be curious to know where much of the benefit came or if it was fairly equal in both places. The reason I ask is that I have a pair of JL-3's and I too have heard about the RSA's possibly working with large amps. In my case, I would get a Haley for each amp and another PLC for the front end.

The BPT products are good and while I preferred the Haley to the BPT I auditioned I do like the BPT power strip I have that uses Oyaide SWO-GX outlets. I plug the strip into the Haley and then plug may analog gear into the strip.