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In Reply to: Surge protection and power conditioners QUESTIONS???? posted by Time_Stands_Still on February 23, 2007 at 02:43:00:
A couple of points to make on your questions:1. I wouldn't place too much confidence in surge protection strips to connect your expensive audio and video components. The failure rate of these strips, I've heard, is scary, especially if you have expensive components.
2. POwer conditioning is important because it tries to remove the inherent noise in standard AC lines and power. A conditioner can provide consistent, clean power to your components that will provide a noticeable improvement in video quality and audio performance.ou will benefit with a sharper video picture and a lower noise floor on your audio. This means that the audio will sound clearer, more dynamic, open with an expanded soundstage.
The solution would be to get a power conditioner that provides surge protection, that has storage capacitors which store electrical energy from the wall and feeds it to your components.
Some other issues to consider are: separating your video ac line from your audio and analogue ac by using a second condtitioner, or buying a conditioner that isolates the ac recepticles and plugging video into one outlet and digital and analogue components into a separate recepticle. Same goes for separating digital from analogue components.
This is insurance, IMHO, that is worth the cost. You may never need it, but you will be gald you have it the next time you are in the middle of an electrical storm and you have a power failure or surge due to lightening strike.
Hope this is helpful.
Al
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