recomendation on a power conditioner

I had PS Audio and for me the fan was always an issue, I listen to classical and at low volume. My solution was a sound applications power conditioner, check them out, they appear on A'gon fairly regularly.

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

I have always had some form of line condition/surge protection for over 15 years. If you equipment does not come with its own internal protection circuitry that will protect it from power surges, most insurance policies will not pay for damages. I have an insurance background. My Mark Levinson 27.5 had its own internal protection. That being said, even the mighty Mark Levinson benefited from Adcom ACE-515 line conditioner 12 years ago. My current tube amp Music Reference RM-9 100 wpc. Built by The Roger Modjeski, he does not recommend line conditioners as his amps are " line voltage" tolerant and do not need surge protection. When I unplugged my RM-9 tube amp from the Shunyata Hydra 4 it sounded way better, or should I say more dynamic with better soundstaging. My Wadia sounds better plugged into the Shunyata. So I would agree with the earlier post suggestion that you should borrow one and see for yourself in your system. Then consider if you can afford to be without protecting your gear if there is a lightning/then power surge like the one that destroyed my Proceed Unit. That just happened not to be plugged into the Adcom ACE unit.

Be aware of the total amps that your componants need to draw and than find out what the amp output is for the conditioner that you buy.If you have the funds,the PS Audio units are good,but thier amp output is limited(depending on the different units they make)Of course I found this out the hard way.Because my budget is limited I have been using Powervar units for the past year.I understand that they are possibly limiting my gear in some small ways but overall I heard a very nice and noticeable improvement in the overall sound by using them.They are available used, here & at ebay for $80-300 depending on amp output.Imagine they are easily resold if they don't work for you.

thinking about purchasing a demo shunyata hydra 4 from a local dealer. Contacted shunyata a nd they recomended hooking up an integrated amp to it. admittedly im new to this so i think i am going to try it out. i have a musical fidelity x-150 along with a naim cd5x cd player
im going to start off with. the turntable and phono stage
ill add in later cause i dont use them as much