[larry b]

I take a simple business approach to it. When i spend big money i want to see big returns. Ridiculously expensive power cables and power equipment are a high expenditure with generally very small returns (if any at all) unless you have a specific power problem.

For example, i have an Equi=tech 1.5R balanced power transformer at my studio because it's a rented space in an existing building, and said building has several hundred florescent lights (on other circuits). The ballast boxes create reactive current that is generally all-pervasive on the entire electric service at the building. It shows up as 60 cycle hum in my control room, and the Equi=tech unit only attenuates it down to a workable level. It does not solve the problem 100%. It's a strip mall, and my studio is in a converted space above a Kids For Less. Haha. Rent is killer though, security is good, and i have 24 hour access. But...its a 50 year old building and the power sucks.

But thats a whole different story.