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PS Audio Power Pant vs Shunyata Hydra conditioner

Has anybody had the opportunity to compare a PS Audio power plant with MWI or MWII to a Shunyata Hydra ac conditioner? I have a PS Audio P500 and I think it's quite nice but I'm reading and hearing the Hydra is superior sonically in every way. The only thing is that it doesn't regulate a constant voltage but this may become a non issue as were moving to a newer place of our own and I will have a nice dedicated room just for the stereo system and I will put in a dedicated line if one does not already exist in that room.It was previously a video screening room and is 18feet by 13 feet. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
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popeye1
18 posts
 
hydra blows them away
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warrenh
2,299 posts
 
If you're going to condsider Hydra, please think strongly about the Audio Magic line. The Stealth and Matrix conditioners are unbelievable. I love mine. peace, warren
morasp
48 posts
 
Many people have said the Walker Audio Velocitor is the latest and greatest in power conditioning. Six moons has a review of it in the archives. There is a new hydra 8 coming out thats supposed to be an improvement. My experience has been that during quiet electrical times late night and early morning I prefer to be plugged directly into the wall. During noisy times each cleans up the sound in their own way. I'm currently using two blue circle noise hounds when the grid is noisy.
psychicanimal
1,738 posts
 
Why such insistence on expensive solutions?
sean
6,231 posts
 
Psychic: Because if it doesn't cost a lot, offer brand name recognition and appear to be based on pseudo-scientific babble with a bit of "unexplainable magic" thrown in, it surely can't be as good as something that costs less and uses a common sense approach. Sean
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