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The Power Plant Regenerator debate drags on

I have seen a lot of videos on this topic and read a lot of threads. Do AC regenerators work -- in the sense of actually contributing to the improvement of a system's sound? This, of course, assumes there is a problem to fix, but if there is, it's an interesting question.

I know ASR did a couple videos about the PS Audio Powerplant in 2022 and there was a lot of discussion around that time.

It was surprising to see Paul McGowan raise the issue just a month ago (Dec. 2024) on his channel, here: https://youtu.be/wAywgassj1Q?si=6PqP7Y1jP2IebxE1

It's a pretty predictable "objective measurements" vs. "subjective listening" issue, but there is some discussion of placebo effects in Paul's reply.

Anyway, possibly of interest. Or not. Just weird to see it come up again after a couple years.

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a) Room resolution bottleneck (untreated room for waf compliance, or 2 panels up for decorative purposes)

b) Old dudes, degraded hearing, untrained listeners, etc

If a, b or both are true, power products would only serve for safeguarding equipment, a cheap dac should suffice, 30 dollar cables are good to go, etc.

If this is true -- and I’d like to know HOW the average consumer can measure what matters at the outlet into which they want to plug in their gear -- then why do many people hear no difference with power products?

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