Once you know something you can't unknow it.
Learning that impedance in the AC line is the enemy of good sound unlocked Pandora's box, unleashing an entirely new set of problems I never knew were there.
Having just figured out the elephant in the room was that 99.9% of all power conditioners were designed in such a way that it made worse an already bad problem—and that nothing in the world of passive components (inductors, capacitors, resistors) could make it better—I began to realize there was an even bigger elephant in the room. To make a pun, the next problem was a mammoth of a problem.
The AC wiring in our homes.
Dang it. There seemed a conspiracy afoot! No sooner had I realized technology's solution to one problem (dirty power) was exacerbating an even bigger problem (AC line impedance) the futility of the next one boggled the mind.
All wire has impedance (resistance). The longer the wire, the greater the impedance. For example, most homes are wired inside the walls with 14 gauge copper. This thickness of wire adds about 2.5Ω per every 1,000 feet. That's a problem. Consider the probable length of wire connecting your HiFi equipment to the source of AC power—somewhere in your neighborhood sitting either underground or high atop a utility pole is a big power transformer. It could be literally a mile or more away from your home.
Ugh. Big problem. Here I was, worrying about milliohms (one thousands of an Ohm) getting in the way of our musical pleasure and it had just occurred to me that there were thousands upon thousands of these unwanted milliohms between me and my source of power.
I can't solve the necessity of my home having to be connected to the utility company's power source.
Good Lord!
And, while I was stressing about this latest problem yet another was rearing its ugly head. One that was potentially even worse.
My day was just turning out swell. What's the old saying?
"Things always get worse before they get better."
