A power filter might provide a more “hyper-detailed and improved sound” but the idea of a power plant is to have a good even foundation based on new power, an emotional experience and not a filtered tweaked one…
I’m just saying this as a reminder…
More, and more, and more tweaking might provide a VERY detailed sound that can be fantastic or go to far and lose its soul.
Only you can listen
The Puritan 156 is rather unique that it
A) Filters
B) Filters in an isolated way between sockets (prevents noice from electronics to migrate to other electronics)
C) Have DC-blocker
D) Have a cleaning function on the incoming safty ground
E) Have got an built in grounding system that can be expanded to signal ground or to chassi ground electronics
It’s the only product in the market that addresses all these power issues at the same time. D (cleaning incoming safty ground, prevent noice on safty ground to travel backwards into electronics) is rather unique.
This means that for many the Puritan 156 is the most well spent money regarding power cleaning. If it is better than a power plant? No it’s not, it’s completely different.
A better comparison would be a P15 with extra dc-blocking prior to the power plants dc-blocker, signal ground and chassi grounding of equipment and maybe even more…
That’s not a comparison of two different products but a better comparison regarding an audiophile that builds a system and takes care of many power issues and tries to build the best system…
A power plant with extra power cleaning should be better. But if you only buy one thing the Puritan 156 might be the best bang for the buck on the market.
From my perspective, do what’s best for your journey and ears and do ask others if their opinion.
I’d personally like to adress more than 10 different power issues… that’s when the music gets very deep, fluent, silent and emotional…
So my recommendation is to use both… and start working on getting low impedance power cables, still points under the P15 and get 3 versions of grounding to all your gear, including speakers…
That’s a few thoughts on a Friday