How Important is power conditioning if you have

I use Audio Magic for my cdp and preamp. It's a wonderful addition combined with excellent power cords (I love mine..on all components) and dedicated lines for my digital and Porter outlets. Power conditionings is a mile long thread that has been on the 'gon many times. An expensive option to audition unless purchased used.

02-05-13: Viridian

If you can't hear a difference, don't waste your money.

Bravo, excellent response.

Not sure i could listen to my system without conditioning. It's like a great car with great tyres. The same great car with worn tyres or just bad ones cannot handle in the same way.

I have dedicated lines with Oyaide power outlets. Some equipment is supplied by an audio magic Stealth xxx conditioner (also equipped with Oyaide outputs) and the rest is regenerated via PS audio with multi wave engaged.

To me conditioning and regeneration have slightly different sounds. Conditioning allows texture like a good tube, while regeneration drops noise floor even further and brings an element of SS to the sound. This allows for very pure sound with better definition, control and depth. If your system is at a level you owe it to yourself to investigate

I don't use any conditioning at all. I tried passive conditioning and it added a veil over the presentation so I took it out. I have dedicated lines with PS Audio Power Port Premier outlets and PS Audio Power cords.

Dedicated 20A lines here, one for each amp and one for front end gear. Electric enters the neighborhood through a transformer and then routes to the houses underground. I use an Isoclean 60A on the front end and amps directly into the wall. Everything sounds great. I had a BPT transformer based conditioner before, and couldn't really hear a difference after switching to the Isoclean, since there really wasn't any noise to begin with. I can hear sonic differences between power cords, but none of them sound "bad," just different from each other. In my system, the dedicated lines and the equipment's own power supplies seem to be getting the job done.