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AB testing of power regenerators?? Ever do it?

Ever since the first grade I've been fascinated by clean power and how it impacts my audio system.  During recess I would escape to a nearby audio shop to see the latest Power conditioners and regenerators.

PS Audio seems to be the dominant player in power regeneration with their mystery box for thousands of dollars.

I don't have a power regenerator (I do use a power conditioner), and sometimes the sound coming through my system is alot nicer and I wonder if it's related to electrons flowing out of the wall, and would it be better to rejuvenate via regenerater all those electrons?

With that being said has anyone done AB testing of a power regenerator which is extremely easy to do to see the difference? And what are your findings? 

 

emergingsoul

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emergingsoul OP
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@carlsbad2  how are you measuring distortion of your electricity??

emergingsoul OP
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I would like to think that regenerator improves a system but in all fairness most people have electricity sources that do not require it. And therefore it appears to be in most cases a gimmick.

Don’t see Power regenerators at audio shows very often, which is where it clearly should be if there was value in the device with all the Power activity going on with all the related to audio systems. Do see a lot of power conditioners obviously. And based upon response to this thread it would seem many do not know what the before and after impact is.

If it does have a meaningful impact on the system I would be interested but there’s limited support to justify getting one.

emergingsoul OP
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@carlsbad2 

Good information about this thing called an oscilloscope.

So I guess it gets down to if you're amplifier doesn't do a good job with the incoming power then one of these things makes sense.  Of course I wonder how how much the sine wave changes via oscilloscope measurement going through a quality power conditioner.

You made a decision to go with A Power regenerator because you're incoming power is deserving of attention Beyond what a conditioner could do.

 

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