This is a fascinating and important discussion. One thing nobody has brought up is what happens when a sudden blackout occurs. I'm sure at least some components could be damaged, and that means $$$ in high-end audio. That's when battery backup such as the one offered by PurePower+ is priceless, IMHO, but I would like to hear from others. I use an APC S15 at home just because of this problem which is recurrent in our area, and if I wanted to upgrade it would be very difficult for me not to take this into account, no matter how much better sounding a pure power conditioner with no backup would be.
Looking for a power conditioner/regenerator/filter
OK I'm in the process of looking at a way to clean up my AC power. Like everything else there are tons of options. From my reading I have narrowed it down to Hydra, Bybee, and PS Audio. The PS Audio sounds nice in that it will regenerate "clean" power. I have heard people rave about the Hydra and Bybee V2 and I see they have the Stealth now.
Anyone have any experience they can share? My amps are 300B tube monoblocks. My front end is DAC and Music Server.
Anyone have any experience they can share? My amps are 300B tube monoblocks. My front end is DAC and Music Server.