Amps and surge protectors

pkquat

rednedtugent wrote: »

I'm not saying anything really. Just trying to understand where people are coming from. I was a fan of tripplite ISObar for strips. $100.00 or something.

People seem to like the panamax as an o.k. cheaper solution.
Just asking what the experience was.

If people think it is snake oil its o.k. with me.

Ah ha, the "tripplite" lead me to find something similar to the surge protectors I had 10-15 years ago and what I was thinking of. It is rated for 20A and there are models rated for more. It was close to this, all metal case, network rack mount with surge protection. It supposedly had some of the best computer protection and filtering at the time.

Computer protection and filtering may be different from home audio. At the time I recall people saying the they were the same, the audio versions only had a higher mark up. I'd still like to find out more, if anything for informational purposes. From some of the links here, I gather that there may be some tailoring of the design towards home audio vs computer, power conditioning not included.

tonyb

Computer stuff is geared more towards surge and spike protection. Audio based units are geared towards the same, but add a level of noise reduction and power conditioning, and in some cases regeneration. Cost more to do that.

machone

Tripp-Lite LRC-2400 is a rack mount all metal case 20 amp unit with isobar outlets. I use one in my system. A year ago I tested the Hafler 500 plugged into the 2400 versus the wall and could not hear a difference. But now with better sources I think I get better bass slam plugged into the wall but maybe the expense of some mid and top end smoothness. So I purchased a PS Audio Soloist so I can plug the amp directly into the wall and plug the 2400 with all the low power into another outlet on the same dedicated circuit. In the future I plan to split the circuit in half each on a separate leg in the power panel.