Power Conditioner/Surge Protector Options

different systems, different power grids, different preferences...

boostedis,

I doubt if you will find the scientific explanation between units as you state. Each company makes components based on their ideas, and they all think they are the best. Specifications, numbers, statistics can lie, let your ears be the judge.

Good Luck.

ozzy

@boostedis If you buy a product that provides surge protection then that's exactly what it's going to do but you shouldn't expect sonic improvements, you may even get a small degradation due to current limitation. It's not a leap of faith or hocus pocus but a scientific insurance policy against power grid surges. I doubt they offer much protection against lightning strikes.

Power conditioning is a different animal which endeavors to ensure enough current delivery whilst maintaining the correct voltage, and in some cases smoothing the sine wave and rejecting dc pollution of the system, among other things.

Again no witchcraft or unmeasurable cable non-science is involved, all these things can be scientifically measured, or physically observed in the unit.

However some are going to sound better than others for various reasons which probably can't be measured on an oscilloscope.

Lordmelton,

What you say is true and fits in with my original point. My real issue is not so much about surge protection (I know that is in my thread title) but more needing more outlets for the various components. I’m Ok with plugging the Amp and Sub directly into the wall on a dedicated line, but that leaves no positions for the other components to plug into. The options are limited and results varied with any Audiophile type of ’power strip’ which circles back to a power conditioner and here we are again with which one works (and doesn’t limit current), improves or at least doesn't degrade sound quality, while not costing as much as an Amp!....