I stopped by my dealer today and walked about with a monster power strip just to demo. The strip retails at 229$. I did'nt pay a dime but rather borrowed it as I am clsoe with the owner. I wanted to see the affect of basic line filtration in my system. I hooked it up and..............the sound was horrible! The sound was a tad coloured, bright, edgy, higher noise floor, and I would say the soundstage was a little wider with worse imaging. I guess the best word would be smeared. How could this be I thought. Has anyone had similar results with power conditioning. Please tell me that other conditioners may benefit me. Hopefully this is just another reason to stay away from monster.