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Accuphase: Power Distributor vs. Power Conditioner

Can you please enlighten me? What is the difference between a Power Distributor vs. Power Conditioner? My basic understanding is that the

Power Distributor acts as a fancy power strip, with the purpose that it extends the power you get from wall outlet to multiple outlets. Sort of a "do no harm" approach, they generally don’t have much going on inside, perhaps a bit of filtering and/or basic surge protection but that’s about it.

Power Conditioner on other hand is a complex electronic unit that has a toroid to decouple power from the grid completely, filtering and noise rejection, along with excellent surge protection.

So I have a Shunyata Delta 6 Power Distributor. Can I use it in conjunction with the Accuphase PS-1230 or I can only choose either one. Below is what I was thinking...is this a logical way and is it practical?

Wall Power Outlet (I installed Furutech GTX-D NCF(R)) ---> Shunyata Delta 6 Power Distributor ---> Accuphase PS-1230 ---> Everything else connect to the Accuphase PS-1230 (Accuphase C-3900, Accuphase A-75, Naim NDX2/555 PS DR Streamer)

Thanks

Nathan

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Power conditioner can mean almost anything the marketing department wants it to. Surge suppression is power conditioning. Filtering is power conditioning.


If there is a transformer, it would be clear about an isolation transformer.


A power regenerator would normally imply a conversion from AC-DC-AC to get a pure output.
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