Thank you @jrsyby. Your aim was exactly the same as my current one. And good to hear there might even be chance of a small improvement. (I’m so happy with the current sound that I certainly won’t be disappointed if all the Furman does is protect my amp and subwoofer from surges that may never materialize; if i get some slight sonic upside, well, that is, as George Fennemen was fond of saying, “gravy.”)
Basic surge protection with some noise filtering without strangling the amplifier?
I’m looking to get a basic multi-outlet surge protector that has some basic noise filtering and that has at least a few outlets for high-voltage equipment (amp in my case) that will not kill the sound of the amp.
Do those of you with practical experience and/or technical know-how think that that the Furman Elite -15 PF i fits this description? (From its own write-up, it does.) Are there other devices in roughly the same price range (<$1k), that I should consider?
The amps in question are a JRDG 625 V2 and a CODA CSib.
For one data point of comparison, I tried plugging the 625 V2 into a Torus RM-20 and while the sound floor did seem improved (from already very quiet to even blacker), the sound quality immediately suffered a lack of vitality and dynamism. So, the amp is not connected that way any more. The other upstream components (pre-amp, Roon Nucleus One, streamer & DAC) do seem to like the Torus though.
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@kirkwallace if you can find a good deal on a used Shunyata MPC-12C or something similar that has the outlets you'd need, I'd jump on it in a heartbeat. I had the good fortune of running across one for $650 on a similar site to this. I have not been able to plug my amp back into the wall. Everything goes into it. Great for multi use scenarios where video is involved as well. 20 amp connection. If you can afford to get a nice used one with the furman and compare and sell the other or return, may behoove you. The used market can give us some amazing deals sometimes! That thing, to my ears, sounds almost as refined as the gemini-8. I'm not sure exactly why the Shunyata gear has been so invaluable to my system. I don't have time to suss out all the gremlins possible and have made some notes for my next build regarding wiring to hopefully address some issues I've had. But in my treated area especially, there's no question it's a huge difference feeding my gear into the Shunyata Gemini or MPC-12 vs a normal surge protector or outlet or even into something that says it's a power conditioner but costs like 100 bucks. It's not even close |
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I receive your private message but i cannot answer for reason i dont understand.. Anyway to answer your question i used a low cost purifier Panamax M1300 and onelow cost chinese power supply (5 volt and 12 volt), 2 vintage old Sino American linear power supplies (12 volt), three no name chinese purifiers and buffers all worked well and cost peanuts and they make a huge difference... These devices are terrifically good for a low cost system as mine (1000 bucks for my 2 headphones main amp and active speakers with a Douk T8 tube pre-amp) i use also cheap battery Schumann generators located on power supply or my purifiers... my main cables are Chinese low cost for my Sansui Alpha and my active speakers ( clone of an Odin cable is no more on aliexpress) :
My edifier speakers + Edifier sub T5s are totally satisfying in nearfield listening...I modified the three port holes though and even the tweeter direction... My main audiophile experience is with my AKG K340 who give me a soundfield better than from most speaker with an out of the head sensation and bass and high experiences which only costlier speakers in a dedicated acoustic room can beat ... The k340 is an hybrid with a complex acoustic design never replicated... Optimized they put to sshame any headphones i listened to in a trash bin... My goal was with restricted budget to reach "a minimal acoustical satisfaction threshold" defined by a balance between all acoustics factors involved in my small acoustic corner with only few resonators...I succeeded...I feel no frustration at all ... It will cost me 15,000 bucks to reach a superior level of acoustical satisfaction...I dont have the money and not the desire; i feel no limits and frustration with what i owned because it is well optimized and able to work at his peak performance now; except if i win lottery i will consider the 15,000 bucks system ...i know exactly what to do and how to optimize it, the only problem in my actual smaller house i cannot design a dedicated acoustic room as i was able to do in my past house ... I had no idea which headphone could beat my K340... I will buy better diamond speakers for nearfield then and a Choueiri dac ... |
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