What do you NOT plug into the power conditioner...

A vaccuum cleaner?

Power tools? OK... maybe a Dremmel.

dynamics restriction is always the thoughts going in on PLC. In order to preserve them many threads say plug the amps directly into the wall outlet/dedicated ckt. and NOT the PLC.

Trying things both ways will tell you about your current situation. Very likely you'll find the wall the more impactful sounding path. if there are no artifacts you can detect.... the major item you'll be missing is maybe the protection some PLC afford to the items which are plugged into it vs. directly out of the wall plate.

My RSA Haley does a fine job in allowing very good drive and force to be realized in the audio when my monos are plugged nto it.

Right out of the wall the power line artifacts harden up the sound, though it is unquestionably more dynamic going that way.

A choice or compromise is what I made here. I sacrificed 20% or less of the dynamic impact for a cleaner more musical sound. maybe only 15% in the end. Noticeable but negligible IMHO.

I choose instead to shoot my preamp right into a ded ckt.

Without surge limiting power line coneditioning devices inline with my gear, I lost all but my SS amp following a strike nearby… not directly. All the low voltage stuff died. PCs, Telephones, scanner etc.

I use .passive plc now. Save for the preamp… when things get stormy around here in Central Fla… I just unplug the pre. Otherwise I do nothing. All has been quite well since the introduction of these passive units. Albeit I use a mid level RSA Haley on my main gear. A PSA Duet for the mass fi and pc stuff. Another Duet lives in the bedroom on non ded ckts and I’m very very glad I’ve got it there. 3 times now the PSA Duets have saved my bacon…. And my gear from either surges OR lightening. 2 surges 1 close hit by lightening.

Something to consider.

AS was said, by myself and others … even passive units reduce some of the impactfulness, dynamics, extreme edge of details… but everything wee do here by and large amounts to some degree of compromise in the biggest percemntage of cases…. So losing a touch of leading edge info yet gaining an easier listening experience, and as well, protecting my investment is a compromise I can and do live with most handily.