I heard a system with P2000 preamp and A400S with and without a line conditioner. The line conditioner smothered the life out of the music. Metric tons of detail loss. Sound stage collapsed big time. So I think line conditioners, acting potentially as an agent of increase in power source impedance, should be avoided. Once I clamped on those ferrite filter devices onto the power cords of my entire system. Guess what? It did pretty much what the line conditioner did. So I'd reexamine your conclusion that the conditioner is improving the sound. Some interconnects will fool you upon first listening into thinking they've made an improvement. But with continued listening, you find that what they've done is filter out some detail, which brings other detail to your attention. Just make sure you aren't falling for this gotcha.
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