Power Cable or Power Conditioner?

There are some great recipes for power cords on the audio asylum website. For under $100 you can build a power cord that would cost considerably more. The major cost to you is time. It will probably take two hours to make your first cord.
The Harmonic Discord website has recipes also if you want to look around more.
I've used some of the less expensive power line conditioners and as a rule I think they get in the way of the music. The better ones (i.e. ps audio/tice) sound a lot better and actually work.
Good luck

Hi Squiddy. Here is another thought. I have tried the Virtual dynamics PC's. They are to be used without power conditioners direct into the wall. Now I do both. I use the VD audition on the amp directly into the wall. I have a panamax surge protector plugged into a monster hts1000. The monster is plugged into a VD cryoed power 2 extension cord into the wall. Friends were in on the weekend. They haden't heard the system before the cords and we played dire straits "loud". "Iron Hand" from "On Every Street". The sound was clear, deep, powerful. We listened in awe. We had heard them perform this live when they had toured. The point of this is you have a choice. You could pick up a used or discontinued monster hts1000[highly recomended] and get a vd power cord and use it on the amp. Later you could put a vd extension cord on the monster and lift its performance again. Do lift your power conditioner off the floor or carpet. Bricks work nicely.

9rw, Nrchy already pointed out that cheap power conditioners will sound bad and he is right. You then use his qualified statement as proof for your unqualified statement that 'Most' power conditioners mess up the sound.

Sorry, but you are simply wrong on this point.

Wow thanks for all the help so far. But I guess Im still kind of torn...seems like monster will make an improvement over my Tripplite but some feel monsters will make matters worse? As far as power cables...should I start with the my CDP?