Power direct from the wall, or Power Conditioner?

[Pim]

only a guess. The Audioquest Niagara 5000 or the PS-Audio P20 can deliver up to 80A for a very short time.
230V and 80A is 18400W per hour. Of course this high power output is only available for some ms.At least the Devialet with the switching PS sounds much better with the Audioquest, maybe because it does not have big capacitors and draws the current directly from the power line.
Thats is also the explanation from these companies. I cannot validate if this is really true or the reason for the impoved impulse reproduction, but makes sense somehow.
Even pro audio companies like Furman use this technique in their power conditioners btw.

I don't know what kind of music you play or what kind of speakers you have but 18400W is an insane amount of power for playing music. There's no power amp for home use that draws that kind of power. Not even for a few milli seconds. To give you some idea of how much power this is; my home connection (and probably many others) has been fused at 80 Ampere. I can run all my power tools, every light in the house, two ovens, an induction stove top, three air conditioners, fridges, freezers etc. and I still won't get anywhere near that kind of power use.