Amps direct to wall vs. power conditioner?


I have always thought that running your amps direct to the wall gives you the best sound; however, I have a friend who is getting much better sound running them thru a power conditioner. Any thoughts?
husk01
Anyone been able to here the SR Power Cell 10SE and compare it to the Torus or the Silver Circle?
May I present a simple analogy.
When you drive by small cities and towns you usually see a water tower. The reason for these is to address peak water usage demands; usually in the morning before work and after work and evenings when the bulk of the population shower, bathe, do laundry and dishes etc. Without the huge tank of stored water under the pressure of gravity the population would experience a low flow, low pressure situation.
Now think of a power conditioner as a water tower and peak usage times as dynamic peaks in your music source. I think most people will 'get' this concept.
A good power conditioner enables an amplifier to perform better by allowing it to draw more current during dynamic peaks than it could ever draw directly from the wall outlet. A great power conditioner will scrub the A.C. clean and give an amplifier virtually unlimited headroom, thus increasing dynamics, lowering the noise floor, improving resolution which in turn expands the sound-stage and produces better imaging.
I get all this and more from my power conditioner from Silver Circle Audio. In fact, I liked it so much; I upgraded from a 3.0 to a 5.0. Every component I use just sounds better when powered by this conditioner and I can't imagine ever running my system without it.
I get better sound out of my VAC 300.1 amps running them through my Powercell 10-SE. Cleans up any residual "grunge" in the lines.
I tried this experiment:
No contest,much better sound going a through Power conditioner.
Brauser - I use Rowland 102 with Furman Elite 20PFi and find cleaner midrange and better controlled bass. I understand that certain conditioners might drop voltage during very high peaks making it sound less dynamic but both Rowland amps, yours and mine, have SMPS built in. SMPS is line and load regulated with very fast response and voltage drops on supply should not affect anything.