Would a UPS be as good as the PS power?

Not quite the same "beasts" I'm afraid. Also be careful with some types of UPS units as they can put out more of a square-wave frequency signal than a sine-wave signal and this can cause premature failure with some audio equipment. Don't wish to sound too much "gloom and doom" but look into this very carefully before you commit. Happy holidays to all, regards, Richard at www.vantageaudio.com

Why not ask Paul McGowan at PS audio? He's a straight shooter.

I have an APC SmartUPS 2200 on my system. I had a lot of trouble at this house with short power outages, usually just a few seconds, and besides being annoying when the DVD player resets etc, its not good for the equipment when the power comes back on suddenly. Make sure when you get a UPS that it has a pure sine wave output on the inverter. Most UPS models use a square wave or sawtooth wave since they are designed for computers - and the computer power supply can smooth that out good enough, but for an audio system, that will create a buzz and is probably not very good for your system. The APC SmartUPS series has a sine wave output, but the other models like BackUPS use a stepped square wave so you'll want to avoid that.