Has a Power Conditioner Improved Your Sound?

It's tough to say whether a power conditioner will make an impact in a different system, and if so how big that impact might be. Over the years I've lived in several homes and each one reacted differently to power conditioners - in some cases it made a drastic improvement, in other cases little or no difference.

Beyond that, I've even had different houses which reacted better to different types of power conditioning. One home did best with regenerated power (I used PurePower but PS Audio made conceptually similar models at the time), another liked the more straight forward filtering types (Audience, Puritan Labs), and my current home favors balanced power (Bryston, Furman, Equitech). 

Unfortunately that means the answer likely involves trying things for yourself and seeing what works in your home. 

@v-fi

In a way I’m not looking forward to evaluating power conditioners. After trying the PS Audio regenerator and AudioQuest 707 I know it takes time to try out the units and may depend on the quality of your power at the time of the test. I just can’t stand anything that takes air, atmosphere and openness out of the system via the filtering which is what my two previous test units did as well as move the soundstage forward. That’s a big no- no for me. I think I’ll probably try some of the Shunyata units as they always seem very popular with owners.

I have a Niagara 3000 and I’m very happy with it, as many others on this thread agree. 
 

its such a polarizing topic, as some other forums are outright against the benefit of power conditioners (snake oil et all. However I’ve noticed the people with experience tend to appreciate their value. 

@jfrmusic

Power conditioners (certainly the ones I have used) add to the sense of "air, atmosphere and openness out of the system". They should never take it out., that is horrible.

Make sure you plug the amp directly into the wall... and the rest into the power conditioner. Shunyata and IsoTek are great brands.