AB testing of power regenerators?? Ever do it?
Ever since the first grade I've been fascinated by clean power and how it impacts my audio system. During recess I would escape to a nearby audio shop to see the latest Power conditioners and regenerators.
PS Audio seems to be the dominant player in power regeneration with their mystery box for thousands of dollars.
I don't have a power regenerator (I do use a power conditioner), and sometimes the sound coming through my system is alot nicer and I wonder if it's related to electrons flowing out of the wall, and would it be better to rejuvenate via regenerater all those electrons?
With that being said has anyone done AB testing of a power regenerator which is extremely easy to do to see the difference? And what are your findings?
Good information about this thing called an oscilloscope. So I guess it gets down to if you're amplifier doesn't do a good job with the incoming power then one of these things makes sense. Of course I wonder how how much the sine wave changes via oscilloscope measurement going through a quality power conditioner. You made a decision to go with A Power regenerator because you're incoming power is deserving of attention Beyond what a conditioner could do.
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@emergingsoul No, I made a decision to go with a regenerator because I think power conditioners are mostly useless and can indeed do more harm that good by limiting current. there are lots of different gizmos called "conditioners". In general they try to "filter" the noise out of the power coming in and in general, that is pretty much impossible. they can do things like filter out high frequencies, and this may help a little, but to reconstitute the 60 Hz signal, you can’t do that with a filter. And like I said, many of them limit current and that is really bad with an amp. That is the source of the frequently encountered opinion that "the amp should always be plugged directly into the wall". Indeed, it is better to plug directly into the wall than any device that limits current. My first priority in picking a regenerator was to make sure it did not limit current. Jerry |
What's up, @audphile1 , you are not buying that? |
@emergingsoul , I feel compelled to ask what your system was made up of back when you were six years old and in the first grade? |
