Monster Power conditioners. Anyone using one?

I have a monster PowerBar 2100 and I think it does a great job - totally cleaned up the unbelievable amount of noise on my power lines. I use it for source components only - not for my power electronics.

Monster, unfortunately, suffers some of the same type of reputation as Bose - many here dismiss their products as unsuitable for high end.

I am of the opinion that power conditioning products and power cords reach their point of diminishing returns even faster than most high end equipment (as you can see in my system, I indulge in them, but modestly).

Have fun!

John

Marty, thanks for that eye-opener. warren

I have an HTS-2600, it works just fine. noticeble sound improvement, and only runs 350 bucks.
dont let eveyone lead you to believe you need to spend 700 on a power conditioner. Im hoping that 3600 that allowed 270 volts was just a faulty unit. My HTS 2600 did an excellent job of protecting my equipment during a lightning hit.

remember, the whole point of the power is for A Surge protection, and B to clean the power up.
Its more for A than B, Definatly A is more important than B. The power conditioner is just another tweak.

Plus, Monster's customer service if above first rate. If your power supply crapps out, they will send you a new one, once you reciever that, then you return your old one.

If you buy opne from Ultimate Electronics, SoundTrack, or Audioking, they are distributers and if it craps out you can swap it out for a free new one. I swapped out one that lost its stage 2 circuitry (i assume from the lightning) about 2 years after i bought it, no questions asked.

Also, if a surge frys your equipment while it is protected by monster power, they will replace up to about $40,000.00 of equipment.

So as long as your rig doesent pass the 40k mark, if it gets fried, you get all new gear.

hows that for protection????

Panamax offers 5,000,000.

Slappy, apparently our noses arent properly angled upward. We must have passed right by the quality stuff and ended up in "inferior product" limbo.

Seriously, for around $350.00 the HTS-3600 is a nice piece, I will admit that the $1300.00 Panamax that Rwwear compared it to, probably is better.