How do you know if you need a power conditioner?


I presently have my audio equipment connected to a dedicated line - is this enough? How does one know if you need a power conditioner? Are there symptoms? Does a power conditioner always improve the sound - or only in certain situations? Is there any way (short of sophisticated electronic measuring tools which I don't have) to tell if your power is relatively clean or dirty?

Thanks in advance.
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Showing 1 response by chazro

I have a power conditioner in my system. I've read many pros and cons, primarily sonic considerations about them. I remain neutral as I truly don't hear a major difference in sound quality. Suffice to say, if it made a substantial change for the worse I'd remove it. The biggest benefit for me is that it accepts so many plugs and in essence just cleans up all that spaghetti and power strip nonsense I had going on for so long!;)