I had a PS Audio line conditioner and, yes, stuff sounded fine when I had my components plugged into it. One day about two or three years in, though, the thing heated up and started to smell bad. I hurriedly replaced it with a generic power strip. Sound quality might have taken a one percent hit. Short story shorter -- I happily use the generic strip. Yes it is plugged into a High End wall socket, and my DAC is plugged into it's own dedicated High End wall socket, but AC quality is something I don't obsess over anymore. Finally, oh yeah, I do still have the boa constrictor-width AC cord that came with the conditioner. It goes between the generic power strip and my integrated amp.
Power Conditioners
Gee, I'm starting to feel like a poster of posts lately, but I am finding a lot interesting, sometimes controversial, comments from the "YouTubers" these days, much more so than in the past.
There are a multitude of threads on this subject here on AG of the what's, why's, how's and when's of PC's but not many on the thoughts of having none.
I wondered what your hands-on experiences were with power conditioners and if they added something to your musical enjoyment or as in this fellows case, taken away from it?
https://youtu.be/XjzlFkcZP1g
There are a multitude of threads on this subject here on AG of the what's, why's, how's and when's of PC's but not many on the thoughts of having none.
I wondered what your hands-on experiences were with power conditioners and if they added something to your musical enjoyment or as in this fellows case, taken away from it?
https://youtu.be/XjzlFkcZP1g