Of the 3 items I have on order my ZLC is the one I figured it’ll be here when it gets here...
 Now, with my MKIV in for anniversary mods and the Sony temporarily taking its place I realize how wrong that thinking was. Even with my dedicated 10g isolated power run from my panel with the Sony in the chain as amp it is like I have a built in tone generator running through my system, any dimmer, motor or I swear my cordless toothbrush 😳that is turned on results in some noise through my system! I can’t wait til build #12 hits the bench! I have no doubt there will be a substantial improvement for me when it works it’s way into my system. Meantime, seems like a good time to work on some isolation solutions during the wait.

Best,
Scott

They have a better build -- more metal and stronger.  They grip the wires and plug tighter and with more surface contact area so electrical contact is better.  Personally, I wouldn't go for "audiophile" outlets but Hospital Grade seem worth the extra money.

Puggy,

This is from Steve a few days ago about this:

A power re-generator, like the PS Audio, is actually a large power amplifier.  It has a built-in frequency generator on the input set to 60 Hz.  The high current output of the amplifier puts out 120 volts at 60 Hz.  

Being an amplifier designer myself, it is a logical assumption that whatever happens on the input is going to be magnified by the output, so a small power spike has the potential to become amplified into a large power spike.  While I am certain the devices are designed with lots of circuitry to prevent such a problem, it obviously doesn't work well as evidence of all your components having blown fuses, but not the power regenerator itself.

The difference between the Zen Line Conditioner is that it de-couples you from the power grid with a giant toroidal transformer.  Also all spikes and noise are filtered out before the isolation from the transformer.  It is a 100% passive device with no electronics or active circuity to fail.  If there is a spike on the input it is largely blocked at the input, just as I'm sure it is on a power regenerator, the difference is that the toroidal transformer is not a power amplifier and therefor is not going to amplify small spikes into large ones.

The ZLC is a Zen approach to clean power with the only real goal of increasing liquidity and removing grain in the sound which is the result of noisy power. The fact that it also protects your equipment and offers a margin of safety is just a bonus. A power regenerator is the exact opposite of a Zen approach, favoring great complexity that not only employs all the components of a fully working amplifier, but a computer and likely firmware as well.

In theory, a perfect working regenerator that is properly sized for the load, should work as well or better than the ZLC, but in the real world, I doubt that is often the case and if you want to see which one lasts longer, just look at the warranty.

Just my two cents: I have a ZLC from Steve and three PS Audio regenerators.

If I were forced to give up one of these four. . .I would give up the ZLC. Each of the regenerators do something extra that the ZLC doesn't to the system--nor do I believe is it designed to. And I have not had any problem along the lines of the gentleman with the fuses blown on components at all.

Oh yes indeed. Far better.