Gryphon Amp Owners: Results with AQ Niagara?

Install a whole house.

Not sure how true this is, but someone at some point (could have been Gryphon) told me my amp is highly unlikely to be damaged even from a massive surge / lighting strike.  I think they said the transformer in the amp will easily deal with it.

I also confirmed something interesting directly from AudioQuest today. Their conditioners are active, so if you have a Niagara and an amp on the same AC circuit, but you have the amp plugged directly into the wall, the Niagara will draw current that will no longer be available for your amp. In other words, this configuration will diminish performance. Maybe that’s obvious but I asked the question to confirm.

Oh, I’m not buying the amp would “absorb” a full lighting hit. I’m in CO in the mountains so surge protection is a must. Full house and local. I prefer Shunyata power products, just seem to do better for me overall.

If Gryphon recommends it then I’d lean that way. But, I would try it both ways and find out.

I used to follow the rule of plugging my main amps into the wall. Just recently I decided to try it running them into my power conditioner. I think it definitely sounds better through the PC. I'm not switching back. (I had already been running my sub amps into the PC.)

I also read the manuals of my PC and main amps and it didn’t say anything about it. The PC basically said plug whatever you want into it.

For reference I have Pass mono blocks and a Running Springs Dmitri.

I’m very curious about the Audioquest Niagra 7000. And because it’s designed to allow you to plug your amps into it, this is one reason I tried it with my set up.

I run my Gryphon Diablo 300 into a Synergistic Powercell 12 UEF SE with no degradation of sound quality.  I have spent time with the Diablo plugged directly into the wall as a comparison.