Daisy Chain Your Front End


Give it a try and you'll be glad you did. The most effective way is usually isolation transformer > power conditioner > power regenerator.
sabai
Sabai, Now that I think about it , I guess I am daising chaining a little too.
I have 3 dedicated lines with an Audience aR2p-To on each. But, I also have a Nordost QV2 plugged into each line at the wall. I am also using a MIT super duplex outlet for my Video and that is plugged into my DIY power strip that comes from my Audience power cell.

My experience with an Isolation transformer included a humm that eventually made me sell it.

I will someday try a power regenerator. I was going to order a PurePower unit until I started reading all the bad press against that company.
I guess I am the only one who thought the OP was talking about a different kind of 'daisy chain"?
Minorl,
My system is on a dedicated line. Here is my daisy chain:

high quality medical grade isolation transformer (made in Germany) > Bybee Stealth power conditioner > Monarchy power regenerator

Any other configuration does not work well.

Ozzy,
The Monarchy is sold direct and is a great bargain. It is rated at 100 watts -- good for transport and DAC in my system. My isolation transformer also had a hum. I solved the problem in this way. I have a large Tupperware container under it with dry beach sand then a poly cutting board then the tranny. On top of the tranny is another cutting board with another Tupperware container filled with dry beach sand. This is a very effective fix. The hum is inaudible now. Please message me if you would like pics.
Sabai,

I have to agree with Elizabeth, I am suprised with all that gear in the chain it hasnt choked the system a bit. Power regenerators in my mind are really unneccesary, a well designed power conditioner and cables are all you really need. Everyone has their preferences but sometimes too many tweeks can untweek the tweeks ;) My belief is to buy the the best you can afford and keep it simple but pay attention to the details.
Sabai,

As Rodman99999 said, Some redundancy is definitely happenning. Regenerators are really a unneccesary cost. All of our AC powered audio devices in fact dont use AC voltage at all.
They are all DC devices so really they need clean DC not AC. So creating "pure sine" is almost utterly a waste of time.
The AC current, after entering our gear, becomes rectified into DC and that is it for the sine. The big electrolytic capacitors accumulate the electrons, these electrons become a source of energy for the active devices in our gear. They are being released slowly as a DC current.
These electrons have no memory of their AC past. They do not remember nor care if they arrived in a form of perfect sine, cosine, square wave, or chaotic ripples. As long as they arrived, their sins are forgiven in the capacitor and they are purified. So in other words, the hi-fi gear is indifferent to the AC shape.