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Surge protection

My apartment recently had a serious power surge. To my horror, a few pieces of equipment were killed! Aurender was great for repairing my N100. Still waiting on the status of my Walker precision motor drive and Meridian Headphone amp. 

It’s been my understanding that surge protectors degrade the sound of a high-end system. But going forward I feel I would be foolish not to put surge protectors in front of my expensive equipment.

I would appreciate any advice about what works without sound degradation, 

 

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celtic66
1,619 posts
 

This is where I went.  Professional install external to the box by my longtime electrician.  Doubtful it is the only solution, but it is a solution.

celtic66
1,619 posts
 

Sorry for double post, didn't mean to.  Cheers

erik_squires
15,980 posts
 

The best sounding, and best performing for surge protection devices I know of are Furman with SMP and LiFT. I live in a lightning prone area and based on testing done by Wirecutter and my own listening tests I can honestly say I would never run an audio system here without a Furman.  Keep the feature list in mind though.  They make dozens with a variety of combinations of features but the one's you want are LiFT and SMP.

If you were in a home I would also recommend a whole house surge protector in the electrical panel, preferably one made by the panel maker that fits in place of breakers. 

erik_squires
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elangley01
93 posts
 

Surge protection does NOT degrade the sound quality whoever told you that is an idiot.

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