I will ask a dumb question on power conditioners

Thank you as the original OP - what comapnies / brands would be a good place to start for pasive line conditioners ????

The Blue Circle PLC (powerline conditioner) Thingee FX2 does a remarkable job of lowering the noise floor for a very reasonable price. And I see they've added a higher level unit on the website. (they're funny looking, but they work).

Their retailer is at
http://www.tlp-audio.com/powerConditioners.php

http://www.bluecircle.com/page151.html

Another way to go is to check out a used Furman Elite Series power conditioner. This is an active conditioner with surge protection. There are separately filtered outlets for analogue and digital sources; an important feature.
I've seen them sell for about $700-800 in the classifieds.

I second the Blue Circle PLC Thingee. Using my Zu Mission PCs, I couldn't detect a lessening of the soundstage or dynamics using it or going directly to the wall outlet.

With it in place, there was a lowering of the noise floor. It didn't appear to negatively effect anything. What was obvious was a cleaner TV picture as well.

All the best,
Nonoise

...hello again, and I would like to restart this thread as the OP and if no responses I will possibly start a new one as I would appreciate any opinions on the Silver Circle products - the 5.0Se or the Tchaik 6 in particular .......