You're right - there are too many choices, IMO, the Audience is a very safe bet and I have never heard a bad word about them from anyone. There is an AR12 for sale at about $2500 and they are great pieces - no, not as good as their teflon cap models, but you would only know on direct comparison. Plus, Audience's service is first rate and they offer many upgrades if you want. I've had an AR6t for 11 years and I have never had the desire to upgrade. I recently asked Audience how long the caps are good for and they said 30 years. I'm not sure any caps will last that long, but I figure at least 20 and in 9 years I don't think I'll give a crap anyway. If it were me and I just didn't have the money, I would go for a Wiremold L10320 strip for $130 and save up for something good.
Power strips- too many choices
Out of necessity I need to use a power distributer/ strip. I am impressed with how many options there are and how varied the reviews of the strips are; even some discussing degradation of the sound. It seems surge protection would be valuable but cant figure out the other features. Trying to decide between, Isotek vs Gigawatt vs PS audio.
Don't want to spend too much as there are other cabling needs pending. Further complicating the purchase; I have 7 cords and at least per the Isotek website it seems that its best to use only one outlet lest resulting in "noise" from the outlier. ( but isn't the idea of the strip to clean up that "noise") Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Don't want to spend too much as there are other cabling needs pending. Further complicating the purchase; I have 7 cords and at least per the Isotek website it seems that its best to use only one outlet lest resulting in "noise" from the outlier. ( but isn't the idea of the strip to clean up that "noise") Any suggestions would be appreciated.
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This comes up so often I wrote a blog about it: https://inatinear.blogspot.com/2019/04/power-management-for-frugal-audiophiles.html |
Remember, power strips are just power distributors, they multiply the number of receptacles. A lot of strips do a little bit more, but at that point they are really low-end conditioners. Surge protectors do what their name implies. Then there are balanced transformers. You need to read the fine print carefully to find out exactly what's in the box (and even then, you might not really know). Most units combine two, three or four of these functions. |
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