My system was originally powered off a normal house circuit. Then a dedicated direct line. Then that was changed from 120V to 240V with a step down transformer. Along the way, several power conditioners were used. Even more were tried, or compared in other systems. Along the way I learned a lot. The one in there now is a Frankenstein combination of the guts of a good conditioner, some transformers, various outlets like Oyaide and Synergistic, BDR vibration control, and a few other things.
https://systems.audiogon.com/systems/8367
The number one really solid thing I learned in all of this is when it comes to how to choose one there really is no really solid thing to rely on. Capacitance for sure is a red herring. Nothing personal. It swims in a school of red herrings. Current, voltage regulation, on and on. All distractions. What Hitchcock called a MacGuffin. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacGuffin Not a one worth a wooden nickel.
What you do, read reviews. Pay attention to how they sound. Only. Nothing else. Not how they are made. Some of the cheapest looking I’ve seen sounded the best. Mine looks like absolute crap but you hear my system your eyes will bug out. Some of them most technologically compelling stories are just that, stories. How does it sound? Only thing that matters.
https://systems.audiogon.com/systems/8367
The number one really solid thing I learned in all of this is when it comes to how to choose one there really is no really solid thing to rely on. Capacitance for sure is a red herring. Nothing personal. It swims in a school of red herrings. Current, voltage regulation, on and on. All distractions. What Hitchcock called a MacGuffin. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacGuffin Not a one worth a wooden nickel.
What you do, read reviews. Pay attention to how they sound. Only. Nothing else. Not how they are made. Some of the cheapest looking I’ve seen sounded the best. Mine looks like absolute crap but you hear my system your eyes will bug out. Some of them most technologically compelling stories are just that, stories. How does it sound? Only thing that matters.