Hi Jerry,
The higher the KVA rating the lower the thempedance (so they say), so 3KVa is the one Id go for.
Might not be night and day but why not?
Also, I’d go for unconditioned as the balanced mains benefits are seperate from conditioning “benefits”, and any power conditioner Ive tried has affected the dynamics in amps.
Based on my own experience, I would tell anyone to stay away from mains conditioners.
If going for the hardwired bmu version, pay attention the to electrical safety aspects mentioned, and get a DC blocker fitted too while the works being done.
Hope this helps.
Last edited by Gazjam; 20-01-2018 at 09:10.
AC POWER
Hardwired 10kVA balanced mains powering entire system
AMPS
Meridian 557 power Amp (Modded) / PS Audio BHK Preamp (Modded)
SPEAKERS
Wharfedale Evo 4.4
DAC
PS Audio Directstream (Modded)
TURNTABLE
Pro-Ject X8 balanced output via XLR / Ortofon Quintet Blue cartridge
PHONOSTAGE
Pro-Ject DS3 B balanced Input (TT and Phonostage powered by Pro-Ject Power box RS2 linear psu)
DIGITAL
CD PLAYBACK - Shanling ET3 CD Transport over i2s to Dac + MOVIE PLAYBACK Oppo 203 (Modded: Linear PSU, i2s output to Dac)
Tweaked AP-Linux based Roon Server into Oppo 203 as Roon endpoint
Ipad Roon Remote.
Apple Music/ YouTube via AppleTV, fed to Shanling via Airplay 1 (losslessly) and onwards to Dac via Wireworld Silver Electra 7 i2s HDMI cable
SPEAKER CABLES
Biwired: Duelund DCA10GA (Bass) Duelund DCA16GA (mid & treble) Duelund 12DCA used as jumpers (On "Blackcat Cable" Chris Sommivigo's advice - Yup, it sounds better)
INTERCONNECTS
All Balanced: Ghost+ recording studio XLR cables