Who Gets Left Out?


Purchased a Puritan Audio PSM 156 power conditioner that will have burn in completed tomorrow.  The PSM 156 has six outlets but I have seven components to power.  Which one doesn’t get invited to the party?  I’m running the following:

-LTA MicroZOTL pre

- 2 LTA ZOTL40 amps

-Rotel CD player

-KEF KF92 sub

-LTA Aero DAC (arrives in two weeks)

-Bluesound Node (soon to be replaced)

Suggestions?

troutstreamnm

Showing 1 response by vthokie83

troutstreamnm

I do not own a sub, but I would not plug it into a power conditioner.

I run all of my "low amperage" components into my power conditioner: preamp, CD transport, DDC (digital to digital converter), DAC, streamer. I do not run my various amps through my conditioner, as I have found I prefer the sound when they are plugged directly into the wall outlets.

That said, I did find three things that helped greatly:

(1) Having 2 dedicated lines pulled, one for the conditioner and one for amps

(2) Using audiophile receptacles, I can highly recommend: Furutech GTX-D $170 (gold plated) or GTX-D $205 (rhodium plated), Oyaide R1 $180, and am testing the Acme Audio Labs Silver $55 with good results for an affordable option

(3) Using higher quality power cables, but I've found no need to go to ridiculous expense. Excellent options are: AntiCables Level 3 $330, Zavfino Fina OCC $345 (signal components) or Zavfino Majestic MKII OCC (power amps) $450, and DHLabs Power Plus OFCC Cryo $20.....are all great affordable options.