Line conditioner

mccarts747

so, i was thinking of future surge suppressor/line conditioner upgrades an started reading a bit. That brought up a question as i started to put things together in my mind...

Would it be redundant to purchase a Brickwall unit and then later on (when budget allows) pick up one of the Monster HTS power centers and plug the Brick wall directly to the wall and then the Monster Powercenter into the Brickwall unit. All other equipment will run through the Monster power center...

My thought is that the Brickwall will surve as the Protector for the entire sysem while the Monster Power Center would clean and filter all the power...

then i started readinng about the Balanced Power Technologies products...to add to my confusion...

keep in mind i have medium size budget


any suggestions on this?

kureboy99

I have the Monster HTS 3500 (2000 model year) and it serves me just right for $399 what I paid for it back then. If you want to/can up it a bit, instead of getting the brickwall and the Monster, I'd go for the HTPS 7000. This will serve both purposes for you. It retails at $1200 but you can probably scour the web or check eBay, I'm sure you can find it cheaper.

jmierzur

Originally posted by kureboy99
I have the Monster HTS 3500 (2000 model year) and it serves me just right for $399 what I paid for it back then. If you want to/can up it a bit, instead of getting the brickwall and the Monster, I'd go for the HTPS 7000. This will serve both purposes for you. It retails at $1200 but you can probably scour the web or check eBay, I'm sure you can find it cheaper.

For $1200, there are many other options providing significantly better performance. Search for 'HTPS 7000' to see what I discovered.

Instead of just buying 'Monster', or for that matter, any other unit, visit local retailers and ask if you can take home some power conditioners for the evening/weekend to test with your system. This is the only way you will be able to determine what works best with your system.

kureboy99

I know...for just a few dollars more I'd go with PS Audio's Power Director...an awesome unit. But alas...need to save the $$

jmierzur

Originally posted by kureboy99
I know...for just a few dollars more I'd go with PS Audio's Power Director...an awesome unit. But alas...need to save the $$

FYI,

In my evaluations, I also tried a High Current Ultimate Outlet. I found that the unit did not provide any benefits. You may have different different results in your system.

If I were to spend $1695 for a power conditioner, I would be evaluating the ExactPower EP15a.

ExactPower

mccarts747

That still leaves me with my original question. Is what I proposed above in my first post redundant?... wall outlet - to - brickwall unit - to monster power center HTS 2600 or 3600(line conditioner).... I guess I am wondering how good(reliable) the surge supression is in the Monster power center. From what I am reading in the various forums it seems MOV's are bad. I know brickwall does not use them and have no idea whether the monster products do...
my other thought is that I can get these things seperately at less cost at any one time than going for the whole boat on one product. effecively spreading my cost over time but still gaining protection in the mean-time.

any ideas?

jmierzur

Originally posted by jmierzur
Instead of just buying 'Monster', or for that matter, any other unit, visit local retailers and ask if you can take home some power conditioners for the evening/weekend to test with your system. This is the only way you will be able to determine what works best with your system.

mccarts747:

If you feel comfortable having two or more units protecting your system, by all means, use the units. There is no right or wrong answer to your question. Every situation/system is different and may require different solutions.

MOVs loose effectiveness over time as they arrest surges. Do some searches on the web to look at the available technologies.

Edit:

Check the following post Brickwall with BPT on Audio Asylum. This is an excellent place to research. I have thought of doing this with my BPT unit, just in case.;)

The Zero Surge site has lots of information. I browsed the Monster site and manual for the Monster HTS 5100 to determine the surge suppression classification. I could not find any reference to the surge suppression classification. I guess its ‘buyer beware’.

PETERNG

I have the Monster Cable HTS-5000 with the analog voltage meter...it works great, eliminate all interferences, great protection for your electronic gears and handsome looking too, it also has plenty of plug-ins for your equipment, highly recommended...