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Nordost Thor &State of the ART: Power conditioners

Looking for an outstanding conditioner that can help reduce some glare and sibilance/white noise on the highs in my system. Cymbals especially. Any ideas? Is the Thor as HP alluded to recently a new line in the sand when compared to extant world class balanced conditioners like the BPT, Isoclean, Audience, etc? I want to maintain the outstanding dynamics, transparency and detail of the direct wall connection but minimize the above hazards if possible. Am I asking too much?
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Owl, what makes you think that the PLC can fix that problem? Just curious. Because with power conditioners you usually get improved imaging, focusing and soundstaging. Tighter bass and less grain on vocals. All results of a lowered noise floor. PLC will most likely not cure the sibilance. Not to a degree you are looking for. What are the components in your system? May be if you list them, you would get a valuable advise on what can be looked at to address this problem properly. Just my opinion.
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Update: Tried the outstanding Oyaide AC outlets and it fixed the problem, BIG time to my shocked surprise. I'm not swapping these out for anything. I got the GX and XXX models and settled on the GX (gold over gold) for my EMM's stack. Things are crazy good now! The only problem I have now is trying to get some sleep. I may still look into conditioners as I like what they do with dimensionality and staging. AC is a funny thing and I think much underemphasized component of the reproduction chain. Amazing.
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That's great. I was planning on trying these Oyaide outlets as well. As far as PLCs go, I really like Shunyata Hydra2. It's got only 2 outlets in the back and you can separate digital and analog this way. These things definitely work. And they are reasonably priced.
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