Taking Power Conditioning to the Max?


Obtaining “clean” power has become an obsession of mine, but I believe I have finally reached a degree of cleanliness that makes further tweaking unnecessary for me.

I start with a dedicated 15A circuit which terminates with a Shunyata SR-Z1 AC wall outlet. From that outlet, via a Shunyata Delta NR power cord, the power goes to an ExactPower EP-15A voltage stabilizer. The ExactPower unit partially regenerates the power to ensure it is consistently 120v/60Hz. From the EP-15A, the power flows to a Richard Gray’s Power Company Substation, which is, essentially, a very large (and heavy!) toroidal isolation transformer. This unit not only does a good job of isolating the power from the outside grid but also performs well in eliminating audible line noise; in addition, it provides a reservoir of power available on an instantaneous basis. This Richard Gray unit uses its own proprietary power cord. Leaving the Substation, the power flows again along Shunyata high current power cords into two Shunyata power conditioners – a Denali 6000/s and an original Hydra.

The result of all this power conditioning is, from my usage perspective, abundant electricity which is simply noiseless.

Now many audiophiles might say that using so much conditioning will suck the life out of the music. I was, of course, concerned about that, too; however, I have found these three units to be complementary to each other, and I believe my power cables between them have prevented noise from re-entering my system. (I should add that I use Shunyata or Wireworld power cords from the Denali and Hydra to the various components in my system, and high quality interconnects thereafter.)

I am curious whether others here also employ elaborate setups to deliver the highest quality power to their systems and, if so, how they have configured them.


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Some people doubt this even matters. One guy at work thought I was nuts. So I had him and his wife over, and put on her favorite CD. After playing one track I said excuse me, went out to the garage and flipped off the breakers leaving only the listening room on. He had some clue but his wife had no idea. Came back said sorry bout that and now what's your favorite track? Played that and the second its done she whips around gives me this look says what did you do it sounded SO MUCH BETTER!?!?!

This is the simplest test that really works and anyone questioning the value of conditioning should try it, assuming of course they really do want to know even if it might contradict everything they think they know. Which, if they can hear, it will. Also anyone shopping for power cords or power conditioning can use this as a kind of baseline, as what you get better work at least this good else why pay money for it?

Now to the OP the more direct answer to your question is after a whole bunch of trials like this I have upgraded from what was originally an ordinary circuit to a dedicated line. The dedicated line is 4ga, and at 240v. Just below the listening room is a silver wired audiophile step down transformer that brings the 240v to 120v. That goes directly into a Bybee based DIY distribution box with an assortment of audiophile outlets. All the wire from the panel to the box is cryo'd.

Not sure if that is elaborate by OP standards or not but it seems to work pretty good for me.