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In the Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity.

Post Subject: Taking the Best Case (and making the worst of it)Posted by Paul S on: 11/28/2008

Taking only the end results into consideration, and looking backward from there, the best sound I've gotten so far has been when the regular old electricity is at its best. And despite my continual worrying about "problems" stemming from inter-component crosstalk, variable ground impedance, common mode noise, RFI and EMI, the fact is that I have not really been all that conscious of these other issues when the wall power is very good. And this despite the sad fact that I am presently usiing a single, non-dedicated line for the hi-fi (although I do have a dedicated hi-fi-only ground).

So, if I actually focus, it seems like and "adequate for the whole system" power regenerator alone should do the trick, without all the additional "conditioning" and "isolation" that so far has proven to be a mixed bag at best and a can of worms at worst.

Reading along with the regenerator manufacturers, they often cite their desires to overcome large size, weight and heat as reasons for their latest "solutions" to power regeneration, as if we psychos care about that. And this makes me wonder if perhaps the technology to do what needs doing is already developed but it was tossed aside because it was judged to be "too heavy" or "too hot" during operation?

But, naturally, I can't even be happy with a theoretical solution. Rather, being of a restless mind, I am now wondering what I would hear if the electricity were somehow good for an extended period of time. I have disclosed previously that I actually get giddy, and likley I am not too sharp, when the power suddenly snaps to. If I had some time to calm down, would I start to hear effects from all the other electrical +/- "self-problems" I "know" exisit?

Best regards,
Paul S

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