Best place to live for good quality power


For those of you who have traveled around the world with your hi-fi, what have you learned about where to live for the best power?

- Dense city but right near a substation

- Or far from a substation is ok, as long as few houses on the grid (rural)?

Etc

Some of you are into batteries, but lets talk about how location affects power.

thanks in advance

 

clustrocasual

Showing 1 response by stuartk

I live in a rural area. It's free of penguins, so far but perhaps the Polar Vortex will change this.

Each home in this neighborhood of large parcels has its own transformer and the nearest sub-station is about a 15 minute walk. Line from pole to house is buried underground, for whatever that's worth. 

The gear I had prior to moving to present location was mid-fi so I can't compare. What I can say is that a dealer/friend brought over one of PSA's top-tier regenerators over here and was quite surprised to hear no audible improvement, whatsoever. 

On the other hand, we have the misfortune to be PG&E customers. They fail to adequately maintain their infrastructure, which results in wildfires. Paradise was levelled and our town came within a few hundred yards of suffering the same fate last year. If your only power concern is its effect on your audio system, count your blessings!