The best power conditioner for less than $1K?

I agree with Tweakmenow. Everybody has dirty AC to one bad degree or another. Installing PROPER line conditioning is absolutely foundational to any system.

In fact, once you've become accustomed to listening with excellent line conditioners you soon find out just how difficult it is to listen to any system for more than 5 or 10 minutes without proper line conditioning.

Moreover, with proper line conditioning, you also discover just how much sonic harm some line conditioners induce in your system. Not to mention that without proper line conditioning you will never know your component's and system's true capabilities with this foundational piece missing.

With that said, I've been using the Foundation Research passive and dedicated and bi-directional filtering line conditioners for the last 5 years. Late last year I became a dealer and in so doing, I also became a dealer for the top flight Foundation Research product line.

-IMO

Actually Tvad, it was Tweakmenow who roped you guys back in after you posted your room acoustics recommendations.

I'm a little surprised that Sempaul's using a Monster lc did not at least raise some eyebrows. He already has a line conditioner, but it seems that he realizes he can do better.

I lost sight in that Sempaul stated he is hoping another line conditioner would bring him greater 2-ch warmth.

Proper line conditioning can give the perception that warmth has been added and that's in 2 ways, 1. Bass can become more pronounced and well-defined and without bloat, thus balancing the overall presentation and sounding as though 'warmth' was added.

Another way is proper line conditioning will clean the noisy AC and drop the noise-floor substantially, so that even the slightest nuances become quite evident and also by eliminating what appears to be a digital-like hash or time-smear like grain in the highs inducing negative sibilance and general ear fatigue and replacing those shortcomings with extremely pristine presentation.

So perhaps in that sense proper line conditioning will add warmth also.

On the other hand, proper line conditioning will never suppress offending frequencies as some to many very popular name brands do. Rather proper line conditioning gives you the full monty and in a very pristine musical way.

-IMO