Power cables and power conditioners


I've searched this topic, but didn't find any clear discussion of my question.  If there is one, feel free to point me to it. Otherwise, I'm curious.  Having just purchased a new amp and rearranged my cables, etc, I'm wondering if there is value in having a high end PC for my power conditioner(s).  I have Ice Age Audio Frankencables for all my gear running from the power conditioners.  Well, sort of.  I have a PS Audio PowerPlant 12 and a Panamax M5300.  My amps, streamer, preamp and sub are connected to the PowerPlant, while gear with wallworts or fixed plugs (MiniDSP EQs, cable box, old CD player) are connected to the Panamax.

In particular, I'm wondering is there a benefit to connecting the PS Audio PowerPlant to the wall with a high quality PC?  As a 'regenorator' and not a power conditioner, it is converting my house current to DC and then back to AC.. It seems to me that doing would negate the usual benefit obtained from adding a high quality power cord (but I certainly could be wrong).

And on what I presume to be the opposite end of the spectrum, it seems to me that the gear attached to the Panamax with low quality power cords would negate any benefit (if there even is one) to having a high quality power cord from the wall to the Panamax.  But, again, I could be looking at this all wrong.

Enlighten me.  Thanks.

mbarrett635

Showing 2 responses by carlsbad2

The cable feeding your PP12 needs to be high ampacity.  all the power going to all your other components must come in on that cable.  So it needs to be 12awg and preferably 10awg.

Jerry

I'll add that whatever you might think the high end power cable does to the electricity coming it, it will be totally undone by the PP12.  the PP12 rectifies the power to DC and the inverts it back to AC.  the quality of the power coming out of the PP12 is 100% a function of quality of the inverter.  The whole point of the PP12 is to be impervious to the poor quality of the incoming power.  With my bent toward physics, I achieve more satisfaction than is really warranted by comparing the shape of the power signal coming in and going out.

Jerry