You may want to add the Sound Application CF-X to your list, I own both and the CF-X beats the Hydra hands down.
Power Conditioners
Does anyone have opinions about the outrageous claims of the power condioner makers of improving the quality of the sound and picture to the levels they claim. Any preferences from the makers: Tice,Equi=tech,Cinepro,Suntaya, Bybee, ExactPower? or any others for that matter? Thanks.