Ht700 = bad news

curved

So I added a MonsterHT700 to my Snell sub. I thought it would help protect the sub in storms, etc and didn't think it would hurt since it was the only thing that was plugged into it. The Snell has it's own 15 amp circuit for it. IT RESTRICTS THAT SUB A RIDICULOUS AMOUNT!! I had to unplug it right away - different sub.:eek:

dkg999

I run by SVS sub with 600 watt BASH amp through a Tripplite LCR2400 and there's no restriction I can hear. You just need to get a decent power conditioner/surge protector.

On3s&Z3r0s

Bah! That's exactly the surge protector that killed the bass in my 2-channel setup. But my $600 Furman Elite had a less bad, but still bad, effect on the bass too! So, now I'm gonna go on a personal crusade against unnecessary and deleterious surge protection. I have a whole house surge arrestor in the main electrical service panel for the house and a rider on my insurance policy for $8 a year that says if an electrical surge takes out any computer or other piece of home electonics it'll get replaced. Now my 2-channel amp and subwoofers get plugged directly in to the wall outlets. It sounds good, and I sleep good.

(I still use the Furman in my HT setup, but mostly cause it fits good in my console and has a nice, gentle soft start for when I do want to kill power to everything.)

dkg999

Commercial grade whole-house surge and power conditioners are the way to go. They should be rated for medical equipment usage. Other than that if you would of done some research you could of saved a good chunk of that $600 and not had any impact on your sub's performance.

On3s&Z3r0s

dkg999 wrote: »

Commercial grade whole-house surge and power conditioners are the way to go. They should be rated for medical equipment usage. Other than that if you would of done some research you could of saved a good chunk of that $600 and not had any impact on your sub's performance.

Man, you said it! I could have saved the entire $600 cause that stuff sounds best going straight into the wall. Maybe for other, more sensitive, equipment a power conditioner might be useful, but no one needs to be plugging a sub or other solid state amplifier into a power conditioner. I can tell by how the lights dim when I turn my amp on that those big ol' toroids and caps are causing the dips, not affected by them.

Anyway, it goes without saying that this is one man's opinion. But realistically if Curved's sub is on a dedicated 15-amp circuit then nothing short of a lightning strike is going to affect it, and no power conditioner connected equipment is going survive that if it were to happen. I just don't see any benefit to it at all.