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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

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joeycastillo
265 posts
 

I use Tripp Lite power strips OR if you like, just get the Audio Quest IEC power strip because you have already a dedicated power line

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yoyoyaya
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@OP Shunyata fits your dictum of do no harm - and it will go good (=1 to Mclinn guy's post above.

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blackbag20
621 posts
 

plus one Tripp Lite

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taww
137 posts
 

Furman Elite is an excellent choice if you want a bit of filtering and protection. I have a Gryphon Powerzone and no, the Furman is not comparable but I’m perfectly happy to use it in other places and I own multiple units for my video systems. It always does a good job and is particularly effective at improving my OLED TV, both picture quality and sound via a soundbar. This is just from plugging the Google streamer and tv into it, not even the soundbar - it must improve the quality of the Dolby/DTS stream over eARC. 

audiostick
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Slightly off topic, but has anyone experienced benefits from upgrading the power cable on their Furman?  If so, with what cable and what benefits did it provide?

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