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Power Conditioners

Not sure if I placed it in the correct topic but here goes. I was just wondering how power conditioners work, as I want to buy one. There are conditioners with only filtered inputs and conditioners with some filtered inputs and some unfiltered. I believe the unfiltered ones are for analogue devices. But why should these go into the unfiltered part? If I buy a power conditioner for example with only filtered inputs, will I not be able to put my class A amp in? Or will it have a negative effect?
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turnbowm
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"I was wondering if there are power conditioners that can solve the spikes you hear over the speakers when you switch on or off the lights?"

A series-mode surge suppressor should take care of that very nicely. In my case, I would hear a thump from the speakers whenever the ceiling fan in the room was turned off.

Zero Surge and Brick Wall offer units that are inexpensive ($250-$300). Audioquest also offers the Niagra 1200 but it's considerably more expensive ($1,000).  
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