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Power Conditioner: Isotek, Audioquest or other?

Hello,

I know a lot of you do not like or believe in power conditioners. But I want to protect my system and improve sound and video quality.

I am trying to decide between the ISOTEK evo3 Aquarious and the Audioquest Niagara 1200 for my main system. I have read good reviews about them both, asked a couple of shops and one recomended the Niagara and the other the Isotek. Both gave the same reason: "it souds better".

First system: Power amp, preamp/dac, tv, computer, computer motitor, ruter, nas. (Probably will plug the last 4 on a different power strip)

For my second system, I am thinking about the Audioquest Powerquest 3, but I can not find any reviews. So, can any one tell me about their experience with it? I am open to other sugestions also.

Second system: Power amp, preamp, network player/dac, tv, computer and network switch. (These will all be plugged in to the Powerquest for example). I also like the powerquest3 because of the on off switch. I do not use this system as much so I like to cut the power off completly.

If you need specifics on my systems, I will give no problem.
Right now I am using 2 Salicru safe7 surge protectors, they are cheapos and probably not the best in protection or for my system.


Thanks.


coto37

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cleeds
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The nature and character of the wall power are, by far, the most critical element to the nature and character of the sound.
That depends on what's in the rest of your system, and what the quality of your AC power is. While your claim may be true, it probably wouldn't be true for most systems.
The only genius designed products I have experienced are those made by Shunyata. I am the fortunate owner of older models of their premiere products, Triton/Typhon ... before T & T Pandora was unlistenable. After I spend every morning delightfully reveling in true high fidelity of Pandora!
If you're listening to Pandora, that's probably your system's weak link, and likely more influential on the "nature and character"  of your system's sound than anything else. Even if you have the highest quality Pandora stream, you're still limited to 192 kpbs mp3 quality.
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