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Power conditioners and power regeneration

There are so many different options on this subject it’s unbelievable. But in the meantime it seems to me that between two companies that I’m comparing, they seem to do the same thing with power conditioning, and as far as I can tell there is no audible difference. Comparing two different conditioners, the elite 20 pfi and the aq pq2. On the other hand, I’ve heard that power regeneration is good, but it also can generate noise. Besides plugging into the wall, which I know works great, I still would like some protection to my amplifiers against brown out or surges. Has anyone else experienced any difference with these 2 products?

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oddiofyl
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I have an Equi-Tech Son Of Q and it did help with hum, etc in my last residence .   My new place has surge protection at the panel and honestly I am not sure if it is OK to use with tube rectified gear .   It runs +60 VAC on the Hot lead and  -60 VAC on the Neutral lead of each AC recepticle on the rear.    Never had a problem with any gear , including my SS rectified tube amps.  

It definitely helped with transformer hum in the past on my mono amps .  Jjst not sure if it is safe for something with tube rectification so i plug it directly into the wall and unplug if there is severe weather or loss of power 

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oddiofyl
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Thanks Erik !

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