Dave M. wrote:
As many of us know in the electrical/electronics world, all home
electronics equipment has a form of filtering associated with the a.c.
line and/or the filtered d.c. down the path. Series noise filtering can
be a line transformer as you would find on better equipment or an rc
network as found on direct line connected equipment.

I see these "line conditioners" in the stereo/tv stores selling for as
much as $500.00 to $1500.00. These units clean-up noise as well as
stabilize the 120 volt line voltage.

As I have come to understand, the need for these units is grossly
exaggerated by salesmen to unsuspecting customers, as the line noise
levels are already reduced to acceptable levels in the tvs/stereos in
general.





I can't even miagine a million dollar recording studio plugging their
equipment into a $100+ outlet.
It's true that the cheapest $0.79 outlets are not reliable and after
several cycles of inserting and removing plugs, they loosen or break.
So when I change an outlet in my house or for someone else I reccomend a
more expensive outlet - about $3.00 - $4.00 each.