No need to be confused. Whenever I speak of line conditioning as being absolutely foundational to any system worth listening to, I always qualify that by including the word 'proper' with line conditioning.
So why include the word proper? Simply because way too many people think any line conditioning must be better than none and you have just demonstrated that simply is not the case.
In fact, I've witnessed this same performance gain at a friend's house when we removed his ps audio 300 from his APL-modified Denon 3910 and plugging it straight into the wall.
If you want line conditioners that actually benefit the sonics without inducing their own harm, then just like any other component, you must do your homework. Regardless of how many people are buying a given product.
With regard to dedicated circuits/lines, they actually have little/nothing to do with proper line conditioning.
Dedicated circuits/lines are to help isolate your components from appliance and dimmer noises from within the home, but so will proper line conditioning
Moreover, 'proper' line conditioning should include bi-directional filtering in order to prevent the bi-directional digital noise generated by a cdp/dac from infecting other components.
But in short, 'proper' line conditioning should suffice for all of your AC filtering needs.
On the other hand, dedicated circuits/lines ultimately should only benefit your amplifiers by ensuring they have enough juice to properly reproduce the very dynamic loud/complex musical passages. And in my experience with installing dedicated circuits/lines the macro-dynamic improvements were be tremendous. Dedicated circuits/lines should be installed for all but the smallest current drawing amps.
-IMO
So why include the word proper? Simply because way too many people think any line conditioning must be better than none and you have just demonstrated that simply is not the case.
In fact, I've witnessed this same performance gain at a friend's house when we removed his ps audio 300 from his APL-modified Denon 3910 and plugging it straight into the wall.
If you want line conditioners that actually benefit the sonics without inducing their own harm, then just like any other component, you must do your homework. Regardless of how many people are buying a given product.
With regard to dedicated circuits/lines, they actually have little/nothing to do with proper line conditioning.
Dedicated circuits/lines are to help isolate your components from appliance and dimmer noises from within the home, but so will proper line conditioning
Moreover, 'proper' line conditioning should include bi-directional filtering in order to prevent the bi-directional digital noise generated by a cdp/dac from infecting other components.
But in short, 'proper' line conditioning should suffice for all of your AC filtering needs.
On the other hand, dedicated circuits/lines ultimately should only benefit your amplifiers by ensuring they have enough juice to properly reproduce the very dynamic loud/complex musical passages. And in my experience with installing dedicated circuits/lines the macro-dynamic improvements were be tremendous. Dedicated circuits/lines should be installed for all but the smallest current drawing amps.
-IMO