recomendation on a power conditioner


have looked into a shunyata hydra 4, ps audioand monstercable hts 2600. are there significant differences.
monstercable seem to offer best value.plan on hooking up
an integrated amp ,cd player,turntable and phono stage.
any suggestions and are they even necessary.
panu21

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Panu21,

I found power conditioning to be benifical for my system. I am using the Monster Power HTPS 7000.

Most conditioners use inline filtering for the electrical some use a parallel configuration others use ballanced power. The HTPS uses dual turoidal transfomers in a ballanced power configuration as well as in line filtering for the analogue and digital outputs. The high current outputs for the amps use minimal filtering to increase the available current for the amps.

You are entering a very complex arena dedicated lines, conditioning, voltage stabilazation etc. Conditioners can restrict amplifiers from achieving their full dynamic range. I have found that conditioning vs. non conditioning improves the sound from my integrated.

Some poeple run seperate conditioners for there analog front end and there digital front end and pre. They run there amps directly from the wall or in your case integrated.

If you are worried about just surge protection you might look into furman power strips.

Feel free to shoot me an email. Or look up Sean very knowledgable on power.

Michael