Power Cords.

[frenchmon]

To use a power conditioner that really cleans the power, it must be dirty to begin with it seems? Would that then depend on what kinda power you are pulling? From what I understand, some neighborhoods pull cleaner power than others.

frenchmon

[E-Stat]

To use a power conditioner that really cleans the power, it must be dirty to begin with it seems?

The problems are NOT typically on the incoming power. The villains live inside your house! They are the many digital devices that happily spew radiated garbage back into the line. Conditioners also prevent "backwash" from a digital device getting back into the AC.

rw

[squidboyw]

Thanks P. Sqiddy ahhh Squiddy...(sorry couldn't resist) So you do use a power conditioner with your power cords. May I ask if the conditioner is in the same price range as the cords? And do you plug your amp into the conditioner or the wall?

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Until I get the coin to pick up a Furman unit, the amp goes directly into its own 30 amp circuit with cryo treated outlet and isolated ground.

My current conditioner is the ancient but once well regarded Tice Power Block & Titan energy storage unit (slightly modified). I have added cryo treated outlets and grounded them. Since it is going on 25 yrs old, I plan to recap it and add a better power cord. The Tice is more or less a huge isolation transformer, When I purchased it in 1985 or 6, it was $2400 (if I was a real guy, I'd figure out how to upload a pic).

My most expensive (and the best) PCs are the Purist Dominus at about $1000 per.

If you wish to read the review I did of all the PCs we tested, go here:

http://newaudiosociety.com/cgi-bin/y...num=1122138804

I have tried an Exact Power conditioner in my system and it is very nice (but expensive).
Review here:

http://newaudiosociety.com/cgi-bin/y...num=1186106864

In our local group, the two most popular conditioners are Furmans and Equi=Tech. A few individuals run Furmans ahead of everything else and then plug their additional conditioners into those, including one person who uses a huge PS audio (the 1000, I think).