Who Tried Power Conditioners Over The Years and No Longer Use Them Today, Any Why?


Been thinking back to when I started in Audio and how good the system sounded with no power conditioners or fancy power cords. Then in the '90s slowly they both became a huge profit market for stores and manufacturers of them. If you used one on front end gear only or whole systems I will be interested in your real-world experience you could share with us all. I have a few so I am not against them, but I do at times have questions. 
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That would be me.

 

Although I do not live a condo type building and do have dedicated

power.

From what I can discern, AQuest Niagra and Shunyata are the top

contenders if you need one.

Did anyone see Alvin’s latest Youtube video demoing the newest Denafrips

power conditioner? BIC500 model. $800 US as I recall.

Reason I mention it is that during the video

he uses a noise sensing tool to measure the improvement his machine makes.

This small handheld device looked like a $20 deal from Radio Shack.

It showed the noise level drop from 100 to 20. Now this could easily be staged

I know. But what was the device? I want one!

 

Shunyata has a $2k device I had heard works very well.

Maybe one with less outlets would cost closer to $1,200

and they will come out with it.

 

The AQ Niagra device for about the same$ has many fans too.

 

Balanced Power Isolation is a process which also lowers

the noise floor but does not rob voltage. I am buying an older

one designed for home and Pro use. I do have dedicated 20amp

lines already but am told this will make further improvement.

Will advise in a couple weeks what I find.