Can I run my Amp from a Line Conditioner?


HELLO GROUP, I HAVE A SUNFIRE CINEMA GRAND AMP AND A MONSTER HTS-5000 LINE CONDITIONER, DOES THIS LIMIT MY AMP? I ALREADY HAVE A 65" PROJECTION UNIT AND VCR,DVD,SAT,HARMAN RECEIVER AND HARMAN AMP,A COOLING FAN AND 2 40 WATT LITES FOR THE STEREO CABINETS PLUGGED INTO THIS.ANY HELP WILL BE APPRECIATED. ALSO I HAVE A SEPERATE 100 AMP ALL COPPER SERVICE ENTRANCE DEDICATED TO THIS AUDIO ROOM. THANKS,RICK
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I had a 5000 and ran my amp through it...you should be ok. I have recently discovered if your equipment has a highly regulated power supply (like my Sonic Frontiers Line 1) you DONT want to use LCs, but the Sunfire should be good to go.

Peter, you heard wrong...a good LC is designed to keep digital gear seperate from other gear plugged into it. I'm sure ideally it would be great to have everything seperate, but I can't afford to do that.
Yes,if it's an Audio Magic Stealth. One of the most important things needed to be considered is the power draw of the amp / amps/ and or receiver.--- Along with what Sean says--- THE volume. I can't imagine running all this from one conditioner......PERIOD. I would guess the tv PQ will be improved,and the sound Q. improved if these items were on different conditioners. Conditioners vary. I had a CFX;I had to re bias the tubes because the CFX choked my CJ 5's. I also had to wait and turn on the amps a couple of minutes appart.
Ok, this is an extreme.--BUT--I'd guess your system is being choked,fer' sure.
If it were me, I would not. Your amp would be considered a bit of a high powered amp.

It looks as though you have plenty of AC power going into the room. But here's why I would not.

Last year I had two dedicated lines. One for my digital source and one for my high powered amp and my pre. Sounded great.

I installed a third dedicated line and put the pre on that one.

The amp just came alive with dynamics. Even at low volumes there was a tremendous improvement with the dynamic headroom. Lows are low and loud passages can now almost make me jump out of my seat at times.

Turns out that the pre, which consumes only 36 watts of power, was apparently just enough to choke the amp.

With so much stuff you have plugged into the Monster, I would look for alternatives such as a dedicated power conditioner just for the amp. Or at least run some different tests. You have that 100 amp service panel dedicated to the room. I'd take full advantage of that.

Good going by the way.

-IMO
my Dreadnaught has never liked being plugged into anything but its own 20 amp dedicated receptacle
Thanks Mdomnick.

Can anyone tell me whether I too could/should run my amp out of the Monster HTS-2000? I looked on the web site, but am not sure whether it seperates digital from the amp, or any other components. The relavent bullets from the Monster website note it has:

- Monster Clean Power™ Stage 2 application-specific filters, for high and low power components.

- High current outlets for power hungry amplifiers.

Thanks.