Line Conditioners

I have heard the same thing about RGPC. In fact when they first came out they did get a poor review, but later the magazine re-reviewed and changed their tune. In short, the theory of how the unit can store energy is not fully understood by other designers/manufactures (RGPC as well),and IMO is bogeus. However it may very well improve your sound as a line conditioner; I just think their marketing team got too aggresive. Check out PSAudio as well for that type of "technology" and see if the Power Director floats your boat. I have come to the conclusion that Balanced Power is the only way to go (its also a scientific fact) and thats what I have settled on.

Ok, now I've just enrolled back into college to expand my engineering degree into becoming an electrical engineer to get an idea of what in the world are they talking about!!! I think the more I read about this, the more confused I get. We need to find a real sharp electrical engineer to comment... Thanks for the info.

This looks good to me...

http://www.equitech.com/products/rack/rack.html

I own a Monster 2500 and a Richard Gray S400. I've had the Monster 2500 for a couple of years and still very happy with it. Basically the 2500 is the same as the 2000 built in a nice box with a switch and LED's. The sound impovement was more subtle with a quieter backround overall in my systems presentation. The Richard Gray unit was a night and day improvement. It did it all giving my system a much better bottom end, smoother highs and bigger sound stage. Buy far and away the best tweak of me all time.

Flyfisherman, what's your rig? I am going heavily into the subject of line conditioning these days. I am determined to learn all I can but have not found much feedback on the Richard Gray units.

I live in an apartment building with 200+ units each outfitted with washer, dryer, dishwasher, microwave, dimmer switch in the living room, plus all the 'de rigeur' TV's, stereos and computers. Also, there's lots of fluorescent lights in the hallways with noisy ballasts! It's a very nasty situation and my Tice A/V Solo has a hard time during heavy use periods. There's also a 50,000 Watt transmitter less than 5 miles away! It's simply too much pollution and voltage fluctuations...

I am also looking at the DeZorel line conditioners from Yugoslavia. They seem to be *really* good. The European guys in TNT-Audio Forums have gone nuts for them. They are finally available in the US.

Someone agreed to send me some Vans Evers Reference 12's (analog and digital) for trial in my apartment. I'd love to have a Richard Gray unit to compare...