Power Conditioners

I was looking through some pictures of people systems one day and I saw this out of place white box on the floor. The guy had an amazing system probably 100 K and he had everything plugged into this white box. I found a company on the Internet, it was a conditioner, surge suppressor, A bunch of other stuff I don’t understand. Then I found the unit on eBay used for 399. I guess from what I can find it’s probably four times that new. Here’s a link to the manufacture of the unit.

https://www.powervar.com/-/media/ametekpowervar/pdf/products/power%20conditioners/medical%20power%20...

it’s the big daddy unit. Model number  ABC1600-11. It weighs in at 68 pounds and maxes out at 16 A .That’s a lot of copper. Below is the link to the eBay site. My guess is that some electrical contractor remove these from a job while they were remodeling.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/PowerVar-16-ABC1600-11-Power-Conditioner/124114819278?epid=6037059194&h...

I noticed the difference when I plug my entire system into this unit. I live in a normal suburb in Ohio.Also, I don’t have any of those fancy $300 power cords in this equation, it’s all just factory power cords.

Whole panel supressors SHOULD be used, but get a series mode protector near your delicate gear. Please note the activation voltage of whole house surge suppressors is often quite high, ~ 300V, and take a while to activate. I installed one in a Square D panel and the instructions clearly recommended additional protection at your gear. I’ve read from a single source that lightning strikes can induce a surge in the wiring itself, it doesn’t have to come down the line, so that’s another reason to have a suppressor near the gear.

Further thoughts here:

https://inatinear.blogspot.com/2019/04/power-management-for-frugal-audiophiles.html

Can anyone explain the differences between the SR Powercell 8 UEF SE and the PS Audio Stellar Regens? 

First of all...

the effect of filters and power-conditioners strongly depends on
your "current" situation at home.

I moved several times to different areas and the effect never
was the same.

So I would recommend to make tests at home with loaned
equipment.

My recommendation is the NuPrime Pure AC-4.

https://nuprimeaudio.com/product/pure-ac4/?v=b0c4bc877c29

I never had such positive cleaning effects for less than 5000 bucks.

I live in Florida, Miami actually, and would not even have any of my three systems not on high quality surge protectors ever again.  Lost two high end subs to power spikes before I fitted the 2 video systems up.  Audio system used to be on voltage regulating transformers which also blew on a spike and is on surge protection now.