Surge protectors and power conditioners - Good idea or bad?

I have installed a whole house surge protector - for $300 its a relatively cheap investment to protect all your electronics including items you may just plug into the outlet.

I realize I keep harping on this but a balanced power unit will give you clean 120v power with no noise. As long as it provides sufficient instantaneous amp draw, there should be no problem using it for a power amp. For example, the Furman IT Ref 20I has 4 outlets that provide up to 80 amps peak power. Will your amplifier draw more than 80amps? Here is a statement from Equi-Tech on the model Q.

It drives amplifiers and other high current pulse type loads without skipping a beat. Power factor remains virtually stable regardless of the type of demand load.

Agree with falconquest; a balanced power supply is a great way to provide clean power.  The best use a massive laminated transformer to take the incoming AC signal and divide it into two perfect 60hz signals of opposite polarity which are then supplied to the left and right prong receptacles of the AC outlets on the unit, IOW, unwavering, constant perfect 120Hz signal to your equipment.   

It is always a good idea to have your equipment protected just for the sake of keeping it from harm and i have a power conditioner that never did anything other than help my sound people are writing a lot of strange things these days.

What else are you going to plug all those cords into? Power strips? They condition the noisy electric from the power company that causes lights to flicker occasionally. That power goes to your equipment. Wouldn't you want that smoothed out?