Daisy Chain Your Front End

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.

Dcizmok,
I know -- this defies the common wisdom of a short signal path. In the past I have talked about this on various threads and have received typical responses.

I used to have an SR PowerCell 10 SE MKII power conditioner but it could not compete with my Bybee Stealth, so I sold it off. In any case, a power conditioner is inadequate to do the job that needs to be done. Adding the power regenerator and isolation transformer was the breakthrough in my system. This makes for a much longer signal path -- and superior SQ. On the contrary -- power regenerators are neither unnecessary nor redundant. They are essential.

Most people have no idea about all this because few people will do to the trouble and the expense of doing what I and a few others do with their front end.

I do a lot more than this to enhance SQ in my system -- including a break-through product that may be marketed in the future.

Dcizmok,
I know -- this defies the common wisdom of a short signal path. In the past I have talked about this on various threads and have received typical responses.

I used to have an SR PowerCell 10 SE MKIIpower conditioner but it could not compete with my Bybee Stealth, so I sold it off. In any case, a power conditioner is inadequate to do the job that needs to be done. Adding the power regenerator and isolation transformer was the breakthrough in my system. This makes for a much longer signal path -- and superior SQ. On the contrary -- power regenerators are neither unnecessary nor redundant. They are essential.

Most people have no idea about all this because few people will go to the trouble and the expense of doing what I and a few others do with their front end.

I do a lot more than this to enhance SQ in my system -- including developing a break-through product that may be marketed in the future.