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Opinions on audio equipment and brown outs

I’ve looked at conditioners vs regenerators. From my experience the current is alot different in buissness hours vs prime times. Experiences between conditoners and regenerators with experiences using different parameters like peak times, cable impedence between types, and efficancy ratings, etc... with experiences.

Thanks

shanesrain
erik_squires
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I use Furman conditioners, and they have two features which are related. EVS - Extreme voltage shutdown which detects extreme brownouts and whiteouts (say 130VAC or higher) and disconnects power.

The other is voltage regulation, which keeps my AC between 117 and 122 VAC at all times regardless of what else is running in the home.  This is not the microsecond response times, but good enough for me.

shanesrain OP
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Yeah, I get to 117 and I'll shut her down. The problem with me is extreme. Kind of like the problem with surge protectors. A gradual increase or decrease dependin on the subject, and the equipment doesn't work by those designs. Do you ever run at different hours, or wonder why it sounded better yesterday?

erik_squires
16,353 posts
 

Do you ever run at different hours, or wonder why it sounded better yesterday?

 

I listen at all hours of the day, and with the voltage regulator and Furman conditioner in place I never really hear a difference anymore.

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