Conditioners?

Hello Ptss.

I wrote a long response, which seems to have evaporated. The jist of it was, I tried an exotic cord and an exotic conditioner, but the Plitron Medical Isolation Transformer was by far the best. Also, you can buy factory direct.

Thanks Terry. I appreciate your info. Going to do a bit of research.

Terry, did you ever try an MIT Stabilizer with your isolation transformer?

Hello Ptss.

I do not recall which conditioner I tested. The improvement of the conditioner ($4000) was so small, compared to the transformer, that I lost interest in testing more conditioners. I just went with more of what I had - transformers.

If you want to go more exotic than isolation transformers, you could add an industrial constant voltage transformer afterwards - but the returns are diminishing very rapidly at that point. And some of them are VERY noisy. Better to upgrade your caps, resistors, and rectifiers.

Hi Terry. If I were to use an industrial unit it would perhaps be at the house power supply entry, and certainly before the 2Q. The reduction in gross noise & constant voltage the industrial unit would provide 'might' enhance the effectiveness of the 2Q.( I think of the industrial unit as a serrated knife and the recording studio/NASA quality oriented Equitech 2Q as a scalpel.) At our audio level I hope we are all looking at "refining" already decent power-at least that's what I'm about. My experience with my 2Q balanced transformer is all positive-but-a Z Stabilizer (1st and/or 2nd version)certainly has proven very beneficial to my Spectral/MIT system(combination of common-mode & differential noise reduction). But I'm always looking to improve/refine my sound. I'm hoping to hear from someone who has added a Shunyata to a system using a balanced transformer.