Thank you for asking this very question as I have been thinking about this the last couple of days. I have a Pass X1 pre amp and a Pass DAC 1 that do not have power switches, so they are always powered on. In a recent power failure the DAC 1 got fried. Pass Labs fixed the problem. It sure would be nice to have a back up battery on equipment that can't be turned off to protect from these situations. APC seems to make new conditioners / back up batteries for audio equipment. Anybody know about these products?
Power conditioner plugged into computer battery
I would prefer plugging a power conditioner into a computer back up battery. At least when the electricity went out for a short time, the stereo system does not get shut down. Has anybody found out that the typical computer battery/surge protector limit the amp current or create other sound problems. If yes, is this true across all conditioners or that certain ones manage to be immune. Thank you.