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Use of Power Conditioners vs. Direct into the Wall

I'm considering the purchase of some quality power cables and maybe a Shunyata Hydra-8. A couple questions:

1. Should my Amps (Parasound Halo JC-1 Mono's) go into the Hydra--or direct into the wall?

2. I have Seven total components (amps, pre, phono etc.). Is it advisable for all of them to go into a single Hydra? I saw a review comment in Absolute Sound that seem to indicate usate of the Hydra-8 for front-end components...and Hydra-2 for the Amps. (Separate Hydra 2's or just one for a pair of mono's?)

Thanks.
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kijanki
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Earzona - I use Furman Elite 20PF. I don't know how it compares to Hydra but it has three separate banks of 4 outputs each: High Current for power amps, Audio, Video. Each of banks has separate appropriate filters.
magfan
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I have a Panamax similar (apparently) to the Furman above. It has, in addition, an isolation transformer of 400va, which is used for all low current / digital stuff.

Amps? They have there own circuit and PSAudio Soloist outlet.

I can turn my stereo up all the way with no input and it is dead quiet.
sthomas12321
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My experience is Ive only seen improvements using power conditioners when the speakers were inefficient. Otherwise useless to me.
tzh21y
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My suggestion would be to get an isolation transformer. They seem to work the best, to me at least
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earzona OP
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Interesting diversity of responses-which I appreciate fully. Thanks all. For the record, I do not have dedicated lines in my home. Just using the existing outlets in nearest proxmimity to my system. Would consider changing this--but I expect I may be moving soon and would prefer to wait for the new digs. Thanks again for your help.
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