Along with the practical issue of protecting your components from spikes and surges, an audio power conditioner has several important sonic functions including:

1. filtering noise from the power lines (eg. stopping the refrigerator talking to your components over the AC lines),
2. filtering noise generated by the components themselves (eg. stopping the amplifier from talking to the CD player over the AC lines),
3. smoothing current fluctuations on the power lines.

Each of these elements can have a profound effect on the sound of the system, which is amplifying all this noise. Where to begin?

Fundamental questions include:
-How many outlets do you need?
-How dirty are your power lines (eg. do you live in a high-rise building in an urban center, or is your house down a country lane)?
-How stable are your power lines (ie. do you need a line conditioner that also regulates voltage)? In extreme cases, you may want to go "off the mains" all together with the battery-based, voltage regulating line conditioners from PurePower.

Of course, the budget is always a question. Our offerings range from the Furman power conditioners costing under $100, on up to the very best power conditioners like the Shunyata Research Hydra series, the Synergistic Research Powercell series, and the Silver Circle Audio Pure Power units.

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