All power conditioners steal power.
Can you explain this?
Are you suggesting that power conditioners can degrade a specification - such as "power factor" ? Therefore, limiting power delivery to audio components?
Power conditioners can use quite a bit of power on their own just to function. Complex designs, large transformers and MOVs (Metal Oxide Varistor, old and cheap tech). Some on the market can use 20 watts plus. That’s enough for a stand-alone CD player.
The power conditioner I own only requires 1 Watt to do its job. Proprietary USA-made design. Over the years, I have found the following to be true:
Power conditioners that require a lot of electricity to work behave more like amplifiers, rather than power filters. Dynamics and overall system performance can be harmed by this.