Power line conditioners- to use or not to use? That is the question?


If you are in the "yes use them" camp.  Which ones etc.?

If you are a "no". Why?

Right now, I use outlets I built from hospital grade outlets bought from an electrical supply house.  I plug my amp directly into house wall outlet.  In speaking with a friend he highly recommended using a power line conditioner.  Specifically a panamax mr4300.  Swears by it.  Thoughts?
polkalover

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I have DC on my line plus about 8% distortion. I’ve tried multiple conditioners and DC blockers. All reduced dynamics in my system except for the following:

Emotiva CMX-2 DC Blocker and Line Filter

All of my sources and preamps are down stream of this unit. Amp is plugged into the wall. Tried PS Audio Humbuster, Furman, DYI and others. Also tried a PS Audio Premier regenerator upstream from my sources and preamp. I was neutral on this unit in the end as it did reduce the distortion but did not remove the DC. Also seemed expensive and did not notice a difference in sound.