Hey, if you are only connecting your preamp that may be part of the issue. Connect all your devices to the puritan.
Otherwise, I always recommend Furman.
Good small/single outlet power conditioner for preamp.
Anyone know what’s out there?
I am demoing a very nice preamp but it, for currently an unknown reason, does not play well with my Puritan PSM156 conditioner. The pre exhibits noise/hum from the speakers with any source ICs plugged into it.
But the preamp straight to the wall is hum free and all is fine.
If I wanted to keep this pre, straight to the wall is not ideal. So I am preliminarily curious what nice small/single outlet power conditioners are out there for me to consider…
thanks
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Hi erik. All components are into the Puritan. But now with this new and very nice preamp I’m demoing, there is hum when a source is plugged into the pre. Take the pre straight to the same outlet the Puritan is plugged into and no hum. It’s a weird one, as this conditioner has never done this with other preamp or anything. I’ll look at Furman but I had a a 15i or 20i Pro years back that I thought sounded ‘mechanical’ in the end. |
@jriggy It sounds like there's some sort of offset being created in the puritan, which can happen when you use a balanced power conditioner, but it usually makes things better. I recommend the Furman because of it's 5-star surge protection and that I've heard it when absent. Is there any other external copper connection coming into the system, such as a TV or coaxial cable? Ethernet is OK. |
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