In Reply to: Isolation Transformer For Digital Sources? posted by lowrider75 on June 24, 2016 at 00:28:42:
FWIW I like to use small "isolation" units, a separate one for each major component when possible. Especially to keep the digital sources away from the analog ones, and to keep stuff with motors away from...everything else (that's mostly in my head, probably).
This isn't as bad as it sounds, since each unit can possibly power multiple units when only one is used at a time. e.g. I find no prob putting a DAC and pre on the same unit, both used together, or conversely putting a TT, tuner, CDP, BDP and file server "terminal" on the same unit because they won't ever be used at the same time.
Yes, large units can hum, but it isn't legal in most (all?) of the U.S./Canada to put *certain* types of conditioners in a remote location, they need to be "local". Another advantage for smaller units that tend to hum much less. Multiple smaller units typically costs more though.
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