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? 

 

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Showing 1 response by toronto416

I live in an old part of the core of a large city, and my power often has 5 or 6% THD, and sometimes as high as 8%. Dirty power indeed!

I tried a PS Audio PP12 in my audio system and heard an instant benefit - darker backgrounds, improved dynamics, musicality, and clarity - a if a veil was lifted between the music and listener. My only complaint was transformer hum heard when you were close to the PS Audio PP12.

As part of a package purchase of Accuphase components last year, I acquired an Accuphase PS-530 power supply which seems to be similar in concept to the PS Audio power supplies except that it is more massive and built to a much higher standard with a large and totally silent toroidal transformer. It sounds even better than the PS Audio unit - more clarity, more musical, even blacker backgrounds - you hear the hall acoustics and ambiance more clearly.

Accuphase also makes a more massive PS-1250 power supply with impressive output - it can handle two A-300 monoblocks plugged into it. I wonder how this would compare to other units out there?