Power conditioning your stereo is never a bad idea. But absolutely install a whole house surge protector in your panel. In addition to your stereo. Your TVs, refrigerators, stove, washer, dryer and everything else electric are all at risk, not only of failure but also fire.
Surge protector
This morning we had a power surge. First one I ever experienced. It knocked out the sub woofer components of my GoldenEar Triton one speakers. In my ignorance I had them plugged into the wall rather than a surge protector. Soooo it blew the amplifiers in the sub woofers. It’s going to be a costly proposition: $500 for the amplifiers plus God knows how much the dealer is going to charge for coming to my house. (He’s very reluctant to do it, wants me to lug the 80 lbs speakers to the store.
Meanwhile, I’m having to listen to bass-less speakers for the foreseeable future.
So, the moral of the story is plug everything into a surge protector.
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I missed that post, @rvpiano , I guess it must have worked okay. |
One of the benefits of the PSM136 is “…Massive 9,000 Amps Repetitive Rating, three-dimensional, non-sacrificial voltage surge protection…” All sources, pre/power amps, and DAC are on the Puritan… my subs, which are not in the front, each have one of these on the wall:
i got my puritan here: . Nice 45 day at home trial. |
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