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Please keep me out of the Rabbit Hole - Power Strips

I am finishing a new piece of furniture to contain all of my audio gear.  I need a total of 10 electrical outlets.  I can not spend much on the power strip at this time but I want to make sure that I do no harm.  I have heard that cheaping out on things like power conditioning, surge protection, etc... can result in treatments that can cause other issues.  When I renovated the house I did install a dedicated 20 amp circuit for this main outlet.  My gear is perfectly quiet.  Thoughts or Suggestions welcome.

My Gear;

Aragon 4004 mkII Amp

Aragon 24k Preamp

Aragon 10T2 Tuner

Linn LP 12

Linn Linto Phono Preamp

Eversolo A6

SMSL PL200T CD Transport

Topping D70 Pro Octo DAC

maam522a
8th-note
467 posts
 

I second the choice of Furman. The main thing you want is something that is constructed well out of quality materials. Several tests have shown that power strips do not help the signal in any way - they can only degrade it. A cheap power strip could actually limit current to an amplifier, for example.

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cbowie88
40 posts
 

as a guitarist I like the Daddario one.

https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/PowerBase

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wsrrsw
1,475 posts
 

Merry Christmas

scottya118
209 posts
 

I own a Nordost Q-base QB8. A solid piece of equipment. It's a passive device as opposed to a power conditioner. A combination of the QB8 and a QB4 would provide 12 outlets and meet your needs. Earlier models do come up on the used market. I ran a dedicated ground from my service panel to the exterior ground lug. But further down the road you may want to consider a QKore for grounding purposes. Hope that helps.

ronboco
1,113 posts
 

+1 QB8! 

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