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Originally Posted by StanT
I use an online UPS that was a gift from a client (they didn't want to change the batteries). I do it because I know my power sucks; it's more about not frying things. I think you'd find power conditioners of some sort are pretty common in the audiophile community.
I'm still not buying cable break in.
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I have to use power conditioners on gear at work (including audio gear) because we have pretty frequent drops of more than 30 volts; reading the logs on the UPSs is hilarious (hey look, on Saturday it was getting 65v at 51.5hz!) That's perfectly reasonable, spending more than the cost of a 110v end, however many feet of cable you need, and a C13 end, is not.
Cable burners and cables that cost more than about $2 a foot overall including terminations unless you're dealing with huge amounts of electrical or RF interference are snake oil, pure and simple.