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Power Conditioner deleterious to digital sources?

I bought a power conditioner (meant for for the manufacture of chips, where stable voltage and absence of AC hash, and DC leakage from the mains is mandatory). I tried plugging in both pre-amplifier and CDP into it, and it was awful: the sound took on a compressed, walkman-like, sound. Soundstage was all gone, replaced by a muffled signature. I removed the pre-amp from it, and much of the magic is back.

My question is: do power conditioners generally help digital sources?
Maybe I need to ProGold5 the contacts or something.

Thank you...

benny
atzen811
sugarbrie
3,854 posts
 
Yes, Yes, Yes, issolate the digital source from everything else, especially the preamp. It is the most dirty thing in most systems. Plugging them both into the same thing does not accomplish much if anything.

Some conditioners have a specific digital plug to issolate that source.

There is a cheap issolation device call a Pac-Idos. It is not a conditioner; it just issolates the digital from the rest of the system.
elgordo
530 posts
 
It sounds like you tried a PLC that was not designed for audio. This is a MUST.
cdc
1,785 posts
 
Audio Magic has a digital Stealth for CDP - $700.
sol322
426 posts
 
Atzen:
Elgordo brings up a very good point, for example computer end use designed PLC's don´t cut it for audio....

Has the PLC given adequate break in time ?
chichiuno
118 posts
 
My findings, and a group of others, is a good power cord with no conditioning. Symtoms you described is common with line conditioners.
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