i just bought a cheap lil ART power conditioner... i figured i needed one to protect my gear and with the amount of gear i had i felt it would ne easier to have a dedicated oulet source for all my shit ..anyways I defintely noticed a diffrence ...my shit sounded louder and more detailed ... i always thought that talk about dirty power was bullshit but even my girl noticed that my shit sounded better with the strip... i guess that dirty ass brooklyn power was polluting my sound... if you dont have some form of power conditioning.... get it ... especially if you live in a urban area