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Vac 140's worth adding balanced power conditioner?

I'm thinking about purchasing a power conditioner...like a running springs for my Vac 140's. I have read some good things from users. I now use NBS professional PC's and I wonder if I would gain a lower noise floor with a conditioner and would a conditioner be compatible with my NBS PC's....
wavetrader
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czbbcl
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Yup! straight up no chaser (I mean conditioner)
jallen
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Go direct with amplifiers, especially tubes.
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grannyring
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Straight into the wall for sure!
raquel
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Being a true Class A circuit, each 140 draws 500 watts from the wall at a minimum, and can spike a bit higher (so Kevin Hayes told me). My 140's sounded best plugged into 20 amp dedicated outlets. They are not going to suck current like a big solid-state amp, but you don't want them plugged into a power conditioner that could limit current, which is virtually all of them. I suggest dedicated outlets fed by a dedicated transformer.
fplanner2000
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I discovered that my VAC amps actually sound better plugged into my Powercell 10-SE than into the wall. I can't really explain it (although I bet Synergistic can). There are no power limitations that I can detect at all and the sound is actually more open than plugged into my dedicated 20 amp outlets. I wouldn't believe it if I wasn't hearing it.
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