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Surge Protection and line conditioning

I just had a negative experience with a line conditioner and no longer want one for my system. I heard a little more detail but at the expence of my soundstage and an overall thinning of the music. Anyway, I would like to know if a surge protector without line conditoning would be the right choice if I want protection without the line conditioning. In short, do surge protectors generally leave your sound alone?
martice
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sugarbrie
3,854 posts
 
What line conditioner were you using?? What you describe can happen on a poor conditioner, but not on the better made conditioners. The conditioner maker Vansevers makes a surge protector made for audio that lists for $30 and can be had for $25 at Midi-Classics.com
cornfedboy
1,645 posts
 
in my experience surge protectors of the sort you might use on your computer have a significant negative impact on sound quality. industrial/hospital grade surge protectors have a slightly lower degree of negative impact but are frequently quite noisy, requiring them to be placed well away from your listening room.
bulldogger
262 posts
 
Try a brickwall surge protector. Use the 20 amp version. You will get top notch surge protection. The brickwall does provide line filtering but it is not as much as a lot of the other conditioners. A reconditioned one should cost about 279.00
eldragon
707 posts
 
You won't have to worry, about the surge protectors, interfering with the sound. I can see conditioners, degrading the sound, but surge protectors should be totaly "safe"! I am using Ulti-mate "industrial" line filter/surge protector and API FL 313 AC cord, with very good results.
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