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What are my options for voltage regulation?

I have a BPT-2 Ultra power conditioner that I am using in my living room system for all equipment. It handles everything pretty well. But I have a headphone amp from Germany (tubed) that is very sensitive to voltage anomalies, of which of course there are many at many different times of day. I have been doing some research into a power conditioner that provides voltage regulation and have read about the Monster, PS Audio (older and new Premier units), and, I think Exact Power units that can regulate voltage. Any opinions on these various units, or on others I don't know about? I guess I would sell my BPT Ultra if the voltage regulating unit can also condition power, but if there is a small unit with only one or two outlets that regulates voltage, that would be ideal. I haven't discovered any--have you?
sc53
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nsgarch
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Well, it's the old story, you get what you pay for:
BTW,without you knowing it,I am reporting that your EP-15a listing(Nsgarch too) aided me in getting one! I included the Exact Power Ultra-Pure to go fully balanced. THIS combo is the the biggest improvement I have made to my system in a long while! Stuff like vta/azimuth/downforce changes are WAY more obvious with super clean A/C, and I'll bet many folks don't know how much more can be had!
Best regards!
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egrady
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SC53, what have you plugged into your Premier? I've had fan noise problems with two different units. My first one was not to bad with just music, but when I used my TV as well the Premier went into a higher fan speed that was ridiculous. My second one stayed in the lowest speed, but it's lowest speed was much louder than the lowest speed of the first one. In both cases the fan was constantly on, in spite of good ventilation. Did you discover something to minimize the fan noise?
joeyboynj
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I have no trouble with the fan or fan noise on my PPP. There should be no audible noise. Mine is very quiet even under heavy load. I guess I got a perfect unit. On the PS Audio site there have been some faulty fans reported but PS Audio will gladly fix it for free.
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