Wire vs. Vibration vs. Power Cond. is best?

Cdc,

Now I understand where you are coming from.

I would say the room treatment would give you the most improvement. For example, a pair of tube traps behind the speakers can usually improve the sound far beyond any component upgrade for the same price. You don’t even need to a/b compare the sound. You will know the improvement as soon as you put the tube traps in. It is that obvious.

The next on my list would be a power regenerator, not power conditioner. I pluged all my front ends to a PP-600. Again, the improvement is obvious, no a/b comparison required.

Some additional thoughts:

Nowadays, almost all high-end speakers come with code feet. And they are cheap. There is no reason not to use them.

In my experiences, unless your equipment is on top of card boxes, vibration control devices give less improvement than power regenerator.

If you have turntable, vibration control is everything.