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Power Conditioner deleterious to digital sources?

I bought a power conditioner (meant for for the manufacture of chips, where stable voltage and absence of AC hash, and DC leakage from the mains is mandatory). I tried plugging in both pre-amplifier and CDP into it, and it was awful: the sound took on a compressed, walkman-like, sound. Soundstage was all gone, replaced by a muffled signature. I removed the pre-amp from it, and much of the magic is back.

My question is: do power conditioners generally help digital sources?
Maybe I need to ProGold5 the contacts or something.

Thank you...

benny
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sean
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Alexanderj may have hit upon something in terms of current overload and / or increased crosstalk between the power supplies of the preamp and digital gear. From a theoretical standpoint, it is best to isolate digital gear by itself. Many PLC's have individual filtering with different types of circuitry with labeled outlets for this very reason.

Other than that, many commercial products sound like "crapola" for various reasons. There is no amount of Pro-Gold that could correct such a problem. Sean
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