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Audio/Video Gear and Systems => Power Conditioning => Topic started by: AllanS on 14 May 2022, 02:11 pm
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Other than buy and try are there ways to assess/monitor incoming power quality to see if your system would likely benefit from a regenerator?
Thanks,
Allan
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It's highly unlikely that your system will benefit from a regenerator!
What symptoms are you having?
Are they 24 by 7, or only at certain times of the day or week?
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Of course you can convince yourself that you are hearing improvements with a regenerator, a nicely wrapped power cable, etc. That is what matters ultimately but it may not be reality. Unless you have an abnormal condition like an amp with a poorly designed power supply, this is a solution in search of a problem.
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To monitor power quality you will need a old Fluke 43 or 435, 438 unfortunately they have German prices.
(https://br.mouser.com/images/fluke/lrg/43b.jpg)
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Smart plugs with energy monitoring might provide you with a graph of voltage over time but they won't give you the shape of the power curve. A Kill-A-Watt meter will give you a real time voltage reading but no graph over time that I know of.
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Here is a thread about a device I borrowed to check my power:
https://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=162162.0
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Other than buy and try are there ways to assess/monitor incoming power quality to see if your system would likely benefit from a regenerator?
Thanks,
Allan
Hey!
Well, "buy and try" is the only way to know for sure.
As for AC power regenerator. I live in NYC so I'm sure my AC power quality is not good. Back in 2002 not long after PS Audio came out with this AC power regenerator thing. I thought why not give it a try and if I don't like it I can return it. So, I bought the P600. Now 20 years later I still have it running my whole system and I wouldn't want to run my system without it.
But that's just my experience. Depending where you are, your result may vary.
Buddy
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Many thanks all for sharing your ideas and experiences.