Re: What about cheap ones though ? - Shinto

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Re: What about cheap ones though ?

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Posted by Shinto on April 20, 2001 at 13:45:30

In Reply to: Re: What about cheap ones though ? posted by Cliff D. on April 20, 2001 at 06:40:00:

I'm not familiar with the Van Evers strips that claud recommends and therefore have no opinion regarding them.

I would definitely NOT use a cheap hardware store surge suppressor designed for computers. The sound quality will go WAY downhill with one of those. Not enough current capacity, introduces noise, etc.

The cheapest I would go (as far as what I am familiar with) is the Monster HTS-1000.

Of course the most dramatic example (I was a complete newbie at the time and to my untrained ears...) is when I was shopping for an AV receiver and my wife and I were in the local high end audio store. We were just talking to the owner and messing around with both what was in our price range and some of the better equipment (Nakamichi AV-10 / Dynaudio Audience 40's vs. Levinson amp / Dynaudio Contour 1.3 SE's with the same digital source). He had the Nak plugged into the wall (and the Levinson as it should be) and just on a whim, plugged the Nak into a $2000 Transparent PowerBank Ultra Extended. Amazing. The Nak (again to my newbie ears) sounded within a hair as good as the $12000 Levinson amp. Made even a $2000 power conditioner seem interesting...

So, to some extent you get what you pay for -- but not necessarily. That's what this forum is all about. Just use something designed for audio equipment and not computers. You will not be happy with the results.

By all means if you are into tinkering, try a better power cord! They take about a week to break in, but the results are not subtle.

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Topic - Question about equipment in wall outlets - Cliff D. 22:03:58 04/19/01 (14)

multiple wall outlets: watch out for 240V differential between outlets - Elizabeth 09:22:29 04/20/01 (1)

Re: multiple wall outlets: watch out for 240V differential between outlets - Glen B 14:42:41 04/20/01 (0)

Re: Question about equipment in wall outlets - Shinto 01:06:22 04/20/01 (11)

Re: What about cheap ones though ? - Cliff D. 06:40:00 04/20/01 (10)

Dissenting OPINION - waVeman 14:29:44 04/20/01 (5)

Science and Power cords - Ole Lund Christensen 16:49:18 04/21/01 (0)

Re: Dissenting OPINION - monk 09:00:41 04/21/01 (0)

Here is a nice and IN NO WAY NASTY response. - john dem 19:09:36 04/20/01 (0)

Re: Dissenting OPINION - Shinto 16:39:18 04/20/01 (0)

Re: What about cheap ones though ? - Shinto 13:45:30 04/20/01 (2)

Thanks for the response - Cliff D. 16:29:40 04/20/01 (1)

Re: Thanks for the response - Shinto 16:43:34 04/20/01 (0)

Re: What about cheap ones though ? - claud 08:30:56 04/20/01 (0)

Re: Question about equipment in wall outlets - G-Man 22:37:36 04/19/01 (0)

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Re: What about cheap ones though ? - Shinto 13:45:30 04/20/01 (2)

Thanks for the response - Cliff D. 16:29:40 04/20/01 (1)

Re: Thanks for the response - Shinto 16:43:34 04/20/01 (0)

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