AB testing of power regenerators?? Ever do it?

@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

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.

Really?

What's up, @audphile1 , you are not buying that?

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.

@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?

A crystal AM radio?

 

 

immatthewj

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01-27-2025 at 12:04am

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.

@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?

what’s up, @immatthewj, you not buying that? Lol