I too live in Florida and I don’t understand the need for a basement to install a dedicated line. Mine runs through the attic. For protection, you need to consider a three prong approach. FPL offers a whole house surge protection that they install on your meter. It’s not expensive. When a power surge damaged my amp, they reimbursed me the full price I paid for it new although it was over 4 years old. As for power conditioners, your choice is unlimited I use Synergistic Research and have no complaints about it. At the fuse box, I used Eaton CHSPT2ULTRA Ultimate Surge Protection 3rd Edition. Amazon carries it.. Good luck.
Surge Protectors & Power Conditioners
I currently live in Florida so frequent storms, sandy soil (which is a poor conductor for grounding) and aging local grid infrastructure. I’m trying to deal with the resulting electrical noise, voltage spikes, and electromagnetic interference. Unfortunately with no basement, running a new dedicated power line is not an option. I’m looking at surge protectors/power conditioners as a possible solution.
I'm reading just enough to be dangerous about the impact of filtering on sound which is not always positive and the large power draws from amps that filtering can interfere with unless the unit has some kind of power reserve generation or some outlets that are unfiltered.
I'm looking for recommendations that will not require a second mortgage. The equipment I'm trying to protect/optimize: darTZeel 468 & 18ns, Lampi Aphrodite, Aurender n30sa and HeadAmp BHSE. Many thanks
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This comes up about once a month so I wrote several blog posts about it:
https://speakermakersjourney.blogspot.com/2023/10/time-for-new-surge-suppression.html |
The AQ niagra 3000, or 5000 is very good and has a large capacitor to give it power factor correction as well as line conditioning ,and all outlets are gold copper not cheap brass like Hubble ,copper is 3 x the conductivity,which = this is lower noise floor Anthony at Perrotta consultants gives from competitive pricing and maybe free shipping |
Small, features, protection, reserves Prestige Series P-1800 PF Rhttps://furmanpower.com/products/p-1800-pfr they are usually on sale somewhere, do a search I picked it based on this feature: "Power Factor Technology, which provides a 45A peak current reservoir" |
I purchased a Shunyata Research Everest 8000/T, after reading the glowing reviews. I have no regrets. It lowered my noise floor. Everything sounds better; Nothing sounds worse. I got a good deal on a floor model, when the store brought in Shunyata Research's new flagship, the Everest-X. Supposedly that new model is noticeably better. I have no way to know for sure. The Everest power distributors will protect all of your connected equipment. Also, it has a power reserve, for musical transients. That takes care of millisecond amp clipping. The Everest units lower the noise floor, mostly by stopping electrical noise that is generated from your own stereo's boxes. Every box generates electrical noise, resulting in your stereo being awash in its own electrical noise. One of the other brands mentioned in this thread does not do anything with electrical noise traveling from box to box. You might think you have no electrical noise, until you remedy it. You will hear each of your boxes at its best. It will also handle noise from the wall, and suppress surges. But the wall is not the main source of electrical noise. Lastly, the Everest models have a lifetime warranty. That speaks highly of its quality, and the confidence that the company engineered into it. One of the other brands mentioned in this thread has (I believe) a 2 or 3 year warranty. And I have heard stories of warranty claims being a bumpy road. If you can budget the Everest-X you will not be sorry. Note that you will need a quality power cord for that unit. That would mean an Omega-X power cord (flagship model). I purchased the Sigma-X power cord (one step down from the Omega-X). |
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