How Important is power conditioning if you have

"The differences in power conditions can vary greatly . Some improve the sound , some change the sound and some destroy the sound . "

Practically, I think that is the bottom line.

Personally, I'd lean towards vendors that specialize in this type of equipment as opposed to offering it as a complement to a more varied product line. Furman is the one that comes to mind that I would tend to have the most trust in and that I might test the waters with someday.

Meanwhile, my $100 Monster Power strip that I applied a few years back made a positive difference in the sound and I have tweaked the sound since via other means to essential perfection currently for my tastes, so I am hesitant to muck with anything, including the power at this point. However, I truly believe that power tweaks are perhaps one of the trickiest to get a handle on. The best approach I can see is to go with something that appears overbuilt for your application and consider it to be an insurance policy at a minimum, a clear sonic enhancement at its best.

Also remember that most all signal processing circuits in gear do not see raw AC power as it would be measured at the outlet or end of the power cord. There are internal power transformers and other power source circuitry that may or may not in itself be designed well to optimize performance downstream even when source power has issues. Any "high end" gear worth its cost should do this to some degree by design IMHO. SO in that case, the value of power conditioning further upstream might be lessened accordingly.

taters-

all will depend upon the cleanilest of your power grid.
Consider your power very clean if your dedicated lines are performing at their best. IMO, based on your statements, you would not need any further power conditioning.

Happy Listening!

I went from an Audience aR6 conditioner to an aR6ts with amazing results. Just for giggles, I put a Shakti Stone on top of the aR6ts and just like that another veil was lifted. I now want to hear what an Audio Magic Disrupter would do... so if anyone has a large Audio Magic Disrupter they’d like to sell let me know.

Raks,

You want to disrupt your audio magic? I don't know squat about that gadget but the name sure sounds scary! :-)