While most good power conditioners can lower the noise floor, ime only one lowered the noise floor AND added punch, or leading edge attack, to the music when my amp was plugged into it. That was the Richard Gray 1200s. It’s a simple design with two huge inductors and it simply works, ime. No current limitations. No other detriment to the music. It just adds some muscle to the sound. The split second power reserve it provides is an excellent side benefit. Using a Pangea C19 20 A power cable in lieu of the stock power cable took it up another notch for a larger soundstage without question. This is not to say that others can’t do this too, as I haven’t tried every conditioner out there. For bang for the $$, the RG1200 is hard to beat. That’s been MY experience.
Power conditioner some say yes and some say no.
Depending on who I ask a power transformer conditioner can have a good effect on the sound while others claim they inhibit the dynamics of an amp. I don’t have serious power problems as far as I know but I enjoy my sound most of the time. I currently use a Hydra 6 for my entire system except for my amp where I use a Hydra 2. Would it make sense to invest thousands on a power transformer conditioner or would my Hydras be enough by isolating the components from each other. I was waiting for a Keces IQRP 3600 to try but the dealer I was to get it from died from Covid-19 before arranging my Keces to be shipped. I am out $4000 and am not so fast to drop another $4000 on the Keces. Perhaps in the future if it makes sense. I find that not many use transformer conditioners due to the dynamics limitations of the amp. Any help would be appreciated.
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