I do agree with you that there is a large element of snake oil with power protection and conditioning but there is also an element of truth. Certain devices will "dirty" household power and certain devices are sensitive to it. If you have ever run into ground loops or feedback in a car audio install then you know exactly what I'm talking about. The situation is a lot less worse in the home (unless you happen to have a really messed up ground) but there are some similarities.
My limit on such expenditures is always a fraction of what I am protecting. If I have $3000 in home theater and computer gear, spending 5% on surge protection seems reasonable, IF (and that's a big if) the products do what they are supposed to. If I had $20,000 in home audio separates along with my Martin Logan speakers then I would probably think about getting a true power conditioner. But I don't. ----- Brian Weeden Technical Consultant Secure World Foundation On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 9:54 AM, Hayes Elkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The monster fancy stuff that had filtering (the higher end had higher > "stages" of filtering") drove me nuts because it definitely changed the > sound, couldn't put my finger on it but it sounded a bit duller. Most of > this power filtering crap is just that - crap. Pure snake oil. $5000 for a > power cord? Awesome. I don't want anything in the chain CHANGING the sound, > for the good or worse. > > I just plug my amp straight into the wall plug outlet. OH NOES!!! UNCLEAN > POWER!!! You can "surge" your entire house with a single device on the cheap > that will give the same amount protection and "clean power" that a>$1K > monster deck will provide, like here; http://www.dulley.com/docs/f760.htm > > I'd just get an inexpensive multi-outlet device that looks esthetically > pleasing to your eye - and one that has the capacity to protect all of the > items plugged into it (and avoid putting things like laser printers on the > circuit). Just be mindful of any equipment that needs a 20amp run instead of > 15. > > > > Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 20:42:10 -0400 > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com > > Subject: [H] Surge suppressor / power filter > > > > Looking for what the list uses to protect their computers / home theater > > equipment. I'm a EE by training so you don't need to educate me on the > > benefits of clean power, I'm just looking for advice on what products > people > > have used that are good and those that are crap. It would be protecting > my > > home theater and a HTPC and a phone cable jack would be nice. > > > > I was thinking a Monster Power HTS 950 would do me just fine but I don't > > have a lot of experience with their products. > > > > ----- > > Brian Weeden > > Technical Consultant > > Secure World Foundation > > _________________________________________________________________ > Climb to the top of the charts! Play the word scramble challenge with star > power. > http://club.live.com/star_shuffle.aspx?icid=starshuffle_wlmailtextlink_jan
