P3 or P12 for large amplifter

Well, the job of a power amplifier’s PSU is AC to DC conversion, so will it matter if the quality of the incoming AC is less than optimal? Will a power amp’s PSU correct an irregular sine waveshape (indicating baseband distortion) before the AC-DC conversion? Unlikely. The important question is - does it matter?

As to horrendous electricity, does anyone without an AC line harmonic distortion analyzer really know how bad their electricity is? If I believe my P15, my AC feed to it, from a power subsystem in a perfectly normal upper middle class 25 year old neighborhood, is showing 4% distortion. Is that enough to matter to audio? I honestly don’t know. Does my system sound better with my source gear plugged into the P15 as opposed to my RSA Haley? Yes, it would seem so.

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My old P5 shows incoming of 6%+ THD and sometimes over voltage and sometimes under 120V. The output is steady at 120.4V and .1% THD…and the sound is steady at improved!!

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