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Power Conditioner Advice please...

I would be grateful for advice from the forum with regard to the following:

My system sounds significantly better in the evening/night than during the day and given that I live in a busy commercial area it would seem likely that I need to clean up the power. 

Ultimately, I will buy an AC regenerator but do not currently have the budget for that. I am therefore looking at a power conditioner and which I hope to buy pre-owned for under $/£1,000.

Given my amps draw a large wattage (peak 400w into 4ohms) I am nervous about placing a conditioner between them and the mains.

The other components:

1.     Auralic Aries - has its own external linear power supply.

2.     DEQX  -  “Nine separate power-supply regulation stages  including four that provide the main analog rails deliver extremely low measured distortion....”

Where do you think I would be best to apply any power conditioning?

Any other suggestions welcomed.

Thanks very much

soma70

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randy-11
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used Topaz isolation transformer - hospital grade & inexpensive

It will not cure any RFI problems you may have. but should solve nearly any AC line issues for a low cost.


randy-11
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the isolation trans. needs to be sized to your system's power demands to prevent it from limiting dynamics

power quality should be better at night in a large city or near a commercial district

In an R1 zone not so much

I am having my elec. utility put a measuring device on my meter head and they say they can also do RF checks - already have a few moths data from the sub-station I draw from but not too helpful at the 12 kV range...
randy-11
1,913 posts
 
a properly sized Topaz will not compress dynamics
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