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Power conditioners

Hi,

Need your advise on the following questions;

What is the difference between a power conditioner, power conditioner with isolated transformer, voltage stabilizer and an AC regenerator?

If I am looking at having something that will give my equipment a consistent 120v with no spikes, have a noise filter and surge protection, what brands should I look for? I saw the Powervar, the BPT and the ONEAC and they all seem different. Does one of them meet my needs?

Any advise would be greatly appreciated! My budget is around the Powervar and BPT (less than $300) and do they really improve on the sound?

Tks

HL
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johnjbarlow
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It really depends on your particular setup. You don't know the benefits that you will reap until you try different units with your gear.

I tried several Power conditioners. I have settled into an APC S20 Power conditioner with battery back up. Detroit Edison provides very dirty power. Brownouts in peak summer hours wreak havoc on my preamp. The APC unit cured the brownout issue. Surprisingly excellent performance for it's price point. I have gotten very good result from replacing the stock cord with a Virtual Dynamics Nite power cord.

I have my whole system plugged into the APC, dynamics and bass response are not limited in any way. Huge jump in dynamics and bass when I swapped out the stock power cord for the Virtual Dynamics cord.
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