Am i missing something without a power conditioner?

Dear Tatooed great name by the way.

Power conditioners are one of the most under apperciated and best things you can do for a system.

We have been doing this for over 30 years and have seen the countless times that adding a good power conditioner has made a stunning improvement in realism to a system.

We have also tried many of the major brands searching for the most effective units that would fit most of our clients systems.

We have tested over the years, Richard Gray, Exact power, Silver Circle, Audience, Shunyata, Isotek Gen 2, Isotek Gen 3, Audio Magic, PS Audio, Audioquest, Running Springs and I am sure a few others we have forgotten.

We are also running dedicated 20 amp lines with Furutech outlets as well.

Long story short the right power conditioner opens up a system's soundstage width and depth, lowers apparent noise blacker blacks, tightens up bass and aids in hearing and apperciating micro dynamics.

So in our tests even with really expensive power cords the right power conditioner makes a huge improvement.

Dave and Troy
Audio Doctor NJ

Tattoed, sometimes another Shunyatta may not be the answer. Shunyatta
s products tend to add a lot of warmth which may or may not be exactly what you want.

We have found a mind blowing way of making a system a lot better for less than $3,500.00 

Isotek makes the Syncro a power cord with an active power conditioner built in, the Syncro removes any stray DC on the line, and wow you can easily hear what is does, they are $2,000.00 get a passive distribution box like a Furutech FT 609 and you will be out for a $1,000.00 less with a more neutral power improvement solution and you can upgrade from the Furutech to an even better power box later. 

The Syncro has made a huge improvement in every power conditioner and system we have tried it with.

http://www.hifiplus.com/articles/isotek-syncro-hifi-77/

http://www.isoteksystems.com/downloads/press-releases/IsoTek_EVO3_Syncro_PR_1408.pdf

What you hear is greater attack and micro dynamics. Makes the system come alive and sound more exciting. 

Dave and Troy
Audio Doctor NJ

That is why you experiment, in the first place the Syncro does not alter the tonal balance the way some devices do.

Dave and Troy
Audio Doctor NJ

Ralph, very few real audiophiles want an industrial, discontinued power regenerator, especially one that would or might need service from a company that really doesn't care about the consumer market way too impractical.

Also we have tested regenerators from Exact Power and PS Audio and none of them made systems sound as good as the best passives.

As per Transparent, never cared for their power products cable companies generally don't make the best power conditioners. 

Companies like Isotek do not sell anything other than AC products generally make the best power products. 

As per CPT we haven't tested them yet, there are people who seem to think that they are good.

Dave and Troy
Audio Doctor NJ