My 2 cents worth
At my old house I had my amp plugged into wall with dedicated line and i had my pre/source plugged into line conditioner also on dedicated line and if i plugged the amp into line conditioner there was minimal differences but noticeable.Now at our new house same dedicated lines i had this "glare" issue with my setup,the bass was hollow sounding,the highs were hard etc.I plug the amp into the line conditioner and probably 70% of my problem fixed,tried a shunyata hydra and 100% of my problem fixed and further improvements.So I guess its a matter of the quality of power you are getting from the pole and trying a line conditioner I think would be the only way to tell if you need one or not.
At my old house I had my amp plugged into wall with dedicated line and i had my pre/source plugged into line conditioner also on dedicated line and if i plugged the amp into line conditioner there was minimal differences but noticeable.Now at our new house same dedicated lines i had this "glare" issue with my setup,the bass was hollow sounding,the highs were hard etc.I plug the amp into the line conditioner and probably 70% of my problem fixed,tried a shunyata hydra and 100% of my problem fixed and further improvements.So I guess its a matter of the quality of power you are getting from the pole and trying a line conditioner I think would be the only way to tell if you need one or not.