A lot of gear simply is tuned around power conditioning so it doesn't sound right to many people with it.
I am with you. Those things matter to me more than imaging and such. BUT I get those too
. And I prefer gear that benefits from power conditioning. My ears are too sensitive to work with the gear that is tuned to use problematic power in it's favor (fatigues me).
The Arion I think uses a SMPS, which is the only thing Dave's conditioner hasn't had 100% adoption with. It's largely a problem due to their (SMPS) somewhat poor accountance of harmonics on the AC power. My Lillies might do a favor for that. I am surprised you haven't taken me up on trying them out as a dealer, actually.