Line Conditioners or Power Filters?????

I suggest you take your time, search the archives here and in the Asylum. There is plenty of information for anyone with IQ above 90 to make his own informed decisions. That is, unless you're looking for someone to give you predigested anwers...

It's called Zen, high priest! In power delivery/noise control there are NO correct predigested answers. This subject is extremely application specific and--as usually--budget constrained. More so, usually the most cost effective aproach is related to what one can find in the used/surplus market. For a direction in which to head, a 220V/110V Topaz isolation transformer wired for balanced power will blow away just about everything commercially pre packaged, dollar for dollar. I went a different route, being able to get a hold of three Clear Image T4 quad isolation transformers/filters for less than $800 (shipping incl, $4,800 retail), a 2.6KW Xentech extreme 220V/110V isolation transformer for $80 (w/ shipping) and a 3.0 KW ONEAC CB 2338 220V/110V transformer/filter for $100 and an Audio Power parallel filter for $29.95.

Read a lot, think and be patient, is all I have to add.

Mike, I forgot to mention I also have an Elgar 6006 medical grade 10 ampere AC regenerator. It is currently plugged to the 220V ONEAC and it feeds a PS Audio Juice Bar Which in turn feeds my monoblocks and a T4 filter. I have NO electrical knowledge, but have taken an industrial approach to power delivery/noise control. Running an A/V system on a 30 amp, 220V dedicated line feeding isolation transformers is the ticket to a very beefy system.

Power delivery and room acoustics are the two top items in achieving outstanding performance. The trick is to adapt to one's particular needs and budget. There's plenty of info in the archives. Anyone can do it with some patience and determination. The only currently available commercial filter that I've also liked in my system is the DeZorel. It outperformed my regenerator by no small margin.