Power filtering – Furutech or Puritan Audio?

"I once went to an apple pie contest. Judging was performed by a panel of experts, some with 30 years experience in non-related fields. They took samples of each of the pies, put them in a blender, and then tested each sample for colour, lubricity, light transmission, density, ph, and of course percentage of sugar, fat, carbohydrates and fibre. Their conclusion? Within the experimental errors of the measuring devices they were all the same. They gave the blue ribbon to the cheapest pie. 

Not one of the judges tasted any of them. "

Being seemingly objective without any subjective assessment is missing the point:  how does it affect the sound of music in an audio system?.

Yes @toronto416 anyone with a brain would come to the same conclusion. But there are many flat earthers who believe taste and sound can be measured.

The truth is: ASR does not review anything- they run some tests, meaningless tests, and that is it. 

What a hilariously brilliant analogy - thank you!

I finally had a chance to test out my new Puritan Audio PSM 156 in two of my systems.  

The effect of the PSM 156 was very apparent - a silent black background with clearer ambient sounds from the room acoustics in the recording, improved clarity, detail and soundstaging. It felt like a veil had been lifted between me and the musicians. I heard new subtleties in very familiar recordings and greater detail with less smearing of the edges of the high notes of the piano and soprano sax. Certainly a big improvement over no power conditioning or filtration.

I then compared it the PSM 156 to my PS Audio PP3 and PP12.  The PSM 156 clearly bested the PP3, but the PP12 was much closer.  The PSM 156 was a little smoother sounding than the PP12 with slightly cleaner articulation of the high notes of the piano.  I would give the PSM 156 the edge over the PP12.  They both sound good, but the PSM 156 sounds a little better.  It is not really a fair comparison because my PSM 156 is not broken in, and the PP12 is.  The PSM 156 is bound to improve.

The ANSUZ MAINS 8 is a gamechanger....the change in SQ was Dramatic They use Active Tesla Coils to change the electricity flow configuration from your outlet to your equipment. Astonishing , the difference in clarity, deep, deep soundstage...wall to wall horizontally....and only a few bucks more that your old power conditioning technology that is out of date. Best piece of gear I've purchased next to my X-3's.

I bought PSM136 a couple of weeks ago. The improvement made out of the box was striking. All gear appeared in another league. And all for just 1,320 Euro. Of course, for 10x more money I would expect a bit more.improvement. But my experience with the reputaded gear shows it is just audible improvement, but not much. To mention, all my amplifiers are for sure high-end. Enough said.