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    Posted: 11 Dec 2012 at 3:18am
I'm wondering if anyone uses/has used a power conditioner in their system? Out of all the brands on the market the only one I have found to get consistent positive reviews is Shunyata Research. Does anyone have experience with Shunyata power conditioners or power cables? This is an upgrade that I have been thinking about for a while as it is supposed to improve the performance of all components, especially amplifiers...
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I too would find it very interesting if anyone here in the forum has any experience with power conditioners. I find the results from my system often varying from slightly disappointing (given what I'm used to nowadays) one day to truly magical the next and I'm quite certain it's not all to do with change in perception and mood but could in fact very well be due to varying quality in the mains electricity. I find that unplugging equipment like cell-phone chargers or even some lamps from mains connected to the same fuse as my stereo improves the sound quality quite a lot so there's definitely some potential for cleaner power supply at least there.
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For some of my components I use a regenerator, specifically: http://www.monarchyaudio.com/AC_Regen_frm_Main.htm I believe it has improve the overall sound from the units attached to it much better than a regular Monster Power HTS 3500 MkII.
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I have purchased many power conditioners over the years & still have a v well known "power block" with other plug in units to reduce noise in electric supply. I would say they made a difference, more notably in some equipment than others, my tv & CD player mainly, but for the cost of the block, it could be argued that the improvement vs cost is subjective, it has never made me go "wow", but if you can absorb the cost, I'd argue it can give you slight improvements. An electrician I know & my wife who is Neurophysiologist, who works with all sorts of machines & has a strong understanding of physics, agree that electric supplies can have bearing on working of your equipment, & the electrician made reference to busting dirty petrol in your car. Don't get me wrong, I think there are a number of manufacturers out there (one v big one in this area) who constantly seem to come up with different products that magically clean up your electrics but differently to all the others who I think are taking the mick, but I would stand by my opinion that power conditioners do have a slight benefit to my system. However, the biggest improvement I had was going on eBay, buying a double socket with earth connector & using the earth connector on my block, earthing this, I was genuinely shocked what a difference this made.
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Like Miguel, having tried a few "conditioners" over the years which all seemed to improve some aspects of the system performance at the cost of others, I finally opted for a power "re-generator", from probably the largest manufacturer of these.

I was very impressed by the improvements that this brought about and have subsequently upgraded to the current model, again with noticable and consistent improvements. I no longer get any feeling of the system performing better late at night or inconsistently during evening/daytime listening.

Interestingly, my wife commented on the improvement to the quality of our TV picture when I put the older redundant unit into the home cinema system, without her knowing it was there!

Having said that, I believe that the biggest improvement of the lot was installing a dedicated mains supply (and separate fuse board and earth) for the hi-fi, with no connection to any other wiring in the house.

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Originally posted by Suggs Suggs wrote:


Having said that, I believe that the biggest improvement of the lot was installing a dedicated mains supply (and separate fuse board and earth) for the hi-fi, with no connection to any other wiring in the house.

Hope that helps
i would totally agree with the above my brother done the same well worth doing, he done most  of the work himself then got a  sparks to commission it
the sparks thought he was mad for doing it until he heard the difference
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I learned through trial and error that power conditioning is an important part of my system that I need to have. I want my system to sound like it does late at night no matter what time of day it is. I think that is the real goal here, no matter what gear you have it will sound better very late at night. The best thing to do when trying different conditioners is to be really honest with yourself - does it sound better with it or with out it? I like to live with a new piece of gear for a while, then remove it. I will either have a "put it back!" reaction or I won't really care. This is my acid test.

Here's what I have right now that makes my system sound like it's late at night all day long :

A single 15 amp dedicated AC line from the breaker box to my room.
A Wattgate AC duplex outlet on that dedicated line.
A BPT balanced power transformer is plugged into the top outlet of the Wattgate dedicated line.
A Richard Gray Power Company 600S (inductor) is plugged into the bottom outlet of the Wattgate dedicated line.
All audio components including the power amplifiers are plugged into the BPT balanced power transformer.
The turntable motor power supply is plugged into the Richard Gray RG600.

Everyone's situation is different. What works for me with my AC power and my gear may or may not work for you.
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