

It does so much more than a power conditioner/filter. I've owned several big-name power conditioners over the past 10 years or, and now a PS Audio P12 unit for my front end gear only. (And especially if "LIVE" was never your reference.) Music can sound great without ever sounding the way it sounds when you hear it LIVE. (Not to mention, how many manufacturers go to live concerts at all.) Back in the '80s, it was astounding how few manufacturers actually atttended symphonic (and unamplified) concerts.įor that matter, how rare it is to see someone mention on these boards that their system sounds like Boston Syphony Hall, Carnegie, David Geffen (the old Avery Fisher), The Metropolitan Opera, Disney or Davies Hall, Troy Bank or any other hall. Unless, that is, he's heard the ACTUAL combination himself. You have the option to hear both "with" and "without" and if you know live music, no one, no even a manufacturer, can tell you that his product - minus whatever you have inserted into the system - sound less/more like live music. AND, I have a Clearaduio as well, so I'm exactly having to guess at comparisons. I'm blunt: that was as stupid a comment as I'd read, especially since he'd never heard it. I know on one forum, a member disparaged the Hana ML simply because of its "separation" figures, as though that would tell you how close to live music it could approach. Speculation is not worth the time it takes to form thoughts. how "WATTS were NOT worth their asking price." Well, I had them( from 1986 on to 1993) and "speculation" went from "what an insulting price" to "Wow, you have them? Could I hear them?!?") If people want to argue with you, the simplest question is: have you actually done it and have results, or are you speculating? I found many people took the path of speculation back in the "old days" (i.e. And I suppose it could be location dependent, but from my own testing on two coasts, that's NOT the case.

From watching voltage "sags" on my ASL Hurricanes' readout meters, and remembering conversations with Harry Pearson about the difference in sound (and lets face it: the man had ears!), overlooking a constant voltage, especially with tubes, would seem to be foolish, after all Harry wrote about what he heard when he listened. I'm no engineer, but your solution sounds logical to me. Sadly, it will probably be a bit complicated as my power inconsistency changes throughout the day. So to me the audio "calculus" will be the gains of the regenerator vs any loss of immediate current availability. Some will argue that the regenerator could restrict current to the Everest. I will likely run the Everest after the regenerator and try directly from the wall. I am in process of adding Shunyata's Everest for power conditioning. Whether or not a power conditioner or regenerator would make a bigger difference to your system would be entirely system/location dependent. No conditioner is going to make widely varying voltage, as an example, suddenly normal. Regenerators solve a completely different problem than power conditioner which is issues around inconsistent power. Personally, I think this is often bad advice. Slightly off topic, I hear people recommend using this or that power conditioner instead of a power regenerator. I would be using the XC line from the wall to the power regenerator.
