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Originally Posted by audiot servant
I did wonder whether passive power conditioners would benefit as much as transformer based conditioners but having tried SS and Ultra 5s under Silver Circle as well as Shunyata Cyclops, Triton and Typhon in various systems the resonance control under the Shunyata gear is even more critical.
External power supplies for critical components also seem to be another potential big win with better isolation. I originally gave the psu slightly lesser treatment than the gear they were supplying eg go with 3 instead of 4 or use a lesser type of Ultra but now they get as much resonance control as I can and also loaded on top.
So even under smaller off board psu I go with more points. Some pattern of theme of improvement with the psu seems to often be in dynamics and added viscerality and mid bass fullness. Along the way in building up with these I always tried getting a few extra Stillpoints in and trialling the various combinations to assess the gain... this proved to be something of a fiscally dangerous strategy.
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audiot servant, when experimenting with the Stillpoints in my setup (one item at the time) I got the best improvement when putting SS Stillpoints under my Isotek Sigmas Evo3. The Jeff Rowland amp and the MSB analog dac was less sensitive to the treatment. In the case of the amp it has to do with the fact that the parts are not bolted to the bottom of the case. The parts are actually mounted up side down on a separate metal plates.