ssia brothers...
wow. what a difference. I wasn't preparred for it.
I picked up a Monster SHT3500MKII conditioner (like $168 online somewhere, new) and introduced it and some DIY AC cables for my Sony 3000es and Toshiba SD9200 DVD-A deck. I am completely shocked at the difference in audio quality. I thought my system was quiet before. I listened to a refference disc for a while, then put the Monster in and listened again. the music started up and caught me by surprise. it seemed to just materialize out of thin air.
you hear about "blackness" in the background ...low level noisefloor..etc. now I fully understand what that is *supposed* to be like.
Am I crazy to say that everything my system did before..is now 10x better? Imaging..bass responce...just about everything seems to be improved.
I have not tested out what it has done for my video performance yet (its also filtering my digital cable feed)...but at this point, i could care less. i'm so pleased w/this investment.
thought i'd pass it along. the stories you hear about clean AC power are but 1/2 told.