recomendation on a power conditioner


have looked into a shunyata hydra 4, ps audioand monstercable hts 2600. are there significant differences.
monstercable seem to offer best value.plan on hooking up
an integrated amp ,cd player,turntable and phono stage.
any suggestions and are they even necessary.
panu21
Unless your sure you need it,invest in some other area of your system. Its too complex an issue unless your prepared for frustration. You may hit it on the spot righ away or just keep changing them until you have to sell your house!
I would certainly make sure I had dedicated lines and good quality wall plugs ( Porter ports are a good start ) first before I invested in Conditioning...good luck
I don't agree in whole with the responces. See if you can borrow a good one from a local dealer.--AS an example if I loaned you my Adept response you might want one.--
My experience with PS Audio products - starting with the P300 - has convinced me of their benefit. As others above have stated, you may or may not need it, but I definitely feel that my system has been improved. As Avguygeorge suggested - try adn get a demo. I think PS Audio still offers a 30 day in-home trial for their products if you don't have a dealer nearby.
I had PS Audio and for me the fan was always an issue, I listen to classical and at low volume. My solution was a sound applications power conditioner, check them out, they appear on A'gon fairly regularly.
Panu21,

I found power conditioning to be benifical for my system. I am using the Monster Power HTPS 7000.

Most conditioners use inline filtering for the electrical some use a parallel configuration others use ballanced power. The HTPS uses dual turoidal transfomers in a ballanced power configuration as well as in line filtering for the analogue and digital outputs. The high current outputs for the amps use minimal filtering to increase the available current for the amps.

You are entering a very complex arena dedicated lines, conditioning, voltage stabilazation etc. Conditioners can restrict amplifiers from achieving their full dynamic range. I have found that conditioning vs. non conditioning improves the sound from my integrated.

Some poeple run seperate conditioners for there analog front end and there digital front end and pre. They run there amps directly from the wall or in your case integrated.

If you are worried about just surge protection you might look into furman power strips.

Feel free to shoot me an email. Or look up Sean very knowledgable on power.

Michael