Quote Originally Posted by Tubedude View Post
I put very little weight in the power cables, BUT power conditioners can help immensely.

I picked up a APC S15 for 300 bucks brand new and the difference was nothing short of stunning. The APC also has a backup battery source which provides a pure sine wave when activated.
They can certainly help. The improvement will depend on two things....

1. How bad your power is...

2. How adequate the filtering in your equipment's power supplies is.

If you have clean power and equipment with robust power supplies...the difference is minimal...

Power from a pure sine wave supply is close to a 10 on a scale of 10...if you are at 8 or 9 to begin with, it's marginal. But if you are at 4 or 5 on a relative quality level...

And of course some equipment deals with bad power better than other gear.

The key is it's a SYSTEM... and like any chain, only as strong as the weakest link....