I should mention something else as to why results may differ with these devices. I was using a Musical Fidelity X-A1 amp at the time of my tests. The amp has an external power supply that I found out by accident holds a great deal of current, IMO, in reserve. I once accidently pulled the plug to the power supply when the system was playing and it maintained a rather high volume for approx. 10-15 seconds before dying out. This may be why the dynamics in this setup were not changed too much by the addition of the power conditioner. I am now in a position to retry this with a different amp (an Audion Silver Night) that has one of the smallest/lightest power supplies that I have ever seen. It is of some type of design that I am not familiar with. I recently upgraded two outlets on different lines (one of which I can try the amp, the Audion this time, straight into the wall. I will try this in a couple of weeks when the wiring settles down (I pulled additional cable from the wall and both outlets sound a little "funny" right now). I just did the work yesterday. I also received the APC condtioner (mentioned above) yesterday as well and hooked it up to the computer for starters. It has an alarm that goes off when the power drops and I have already experienced 3 Brown outs in the past hour. Not a good thing power wise to be living in CA at this time. I will try the APC on the stereo in a couple of weeks as well.
Power/Line conditioner
I was given a Power/Line conditioner that was used on a large copy machine. It is from IEPS electronics model LC1500. This unit remanufactures the power and delivers it at a constant level. I've read that some of these type of units are "made" for stereo equipment, and this one was definitly made for office equipment. What information do I have to look for on the web site to tell if this unit will be beneficial to my system? The price was right, but I dont want to degrade from what I have now.
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