Whole house surge protection

"But of course the only sure way of providing complete protection from lightning strikes is to unplug your gear during bad storms."

That's what I've been doing after each listening session, and it's a PITA and wears out the AC outlet and plugs.

I've used the Pure Power AC regenerating conditioner because it was reported not to limit dynamics. It cleaned up the subtle grunge, but it limited dynamics and squashed the sound stage. I don't see why PS Audio would be any different.

Anything using surge protectors using inductors and transformers seems to limit dynamics.

I am hoping the whole house surge protectors work differently and won't limit dynamics.

Anyone who has done this, please chime in.

Whole house surge protectors employ either massive MOVs, silicon avalanche diodes (SADSs) or a combination of the two from hot to neutral, hot to ground, and neutral to ground. The Leviton whole house surge protectors claim to employ the use of solid state TVSS devices, which probably means SADs.

Gbart, do those technologies limit current to the extent you'd notice dynamic compression?

wears out the AC outlet and plugs.

how much wear and tear can u have on a plug and outlet...? Would take more yrs then the all mighty gave us then time to wear out a power supply plug..

I had our utility company install a whole house surge protector after lightning struck the utility access in our front yard. Even though we have underground electrical service, the lightning strike to the cover of the underground junction fried our doorbell and garage door opener circuits. I have heard no deleterious effects whatsoever to my audio system's performance. Unless one had monstrous mono block amps, I have a hard time believing a surge suppressor built to withstand the simultaneous demands of washing machines, refrigerators, ac compressors, stoves, etc. would be affected much by an audio amplifier.