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RE: He has bigger issues IMHO and....

Some folks may misunderstand the nature of various types of noise and associated power line filtering goals, in that digital noise, RFI, and EMI do not always tend to be audible in a gross manner, such as something one can identify or obviously point-out like audible high frequency hash or hiss, radio station broadcasts, and audible hum.

What is most beneficial about power line conditioners is addressing more subtle noise issues that are not so easy to identify, which pollute electronic parts/circuits in a manner that degrades the performance of those electronic parts/circuits performance rather than eliminating grossly audible noise artifacts. This is to say, even if you cannot hear any identifiable sounds that appear to be noise, the primary function of a power line conditioner is to allow electronic parts/circuits to function without a level of detrimental operational effects caused by more subtle noise issues that raise the noise floor.

As for isolation transformers, one might find a lowered noise floor at the expense of a degraded sonic signature caused by the isolation transformer itself, which is why isolation transformers intended for non-audio applications are not so popular with audiophiles. Like many things pertaining to audio gear, sonic trade-offs are often inevitable.


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