Surge Protector/ Power Conditioners

saborthw · Post by **saborthw** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 9:29 pm

Most of us probably use a surge protector....... Right, I plug my amps into a Furman PL-Plus, Today off Flea Bay I purchased a Monster Power Pro 3500 for $ 225.00 including shipping. Does anyone use high grade filtering into their amps ? if so how much difference does using this type of filtering make in clairity and reduction in noise coming from the amp.

Any feedback would be helpful

Scott

JD · Post by JD » Sun Jun 25, 2006 2:03 am

Its probably a good idea. I play exclusively at home and have no power supply problems whatsoever, but for a working guy I'd have one, mainly for the voltage spikes or to regulate a higher voltage. I tried one at one time but the power draw of the amp screwed it all up, it was made for a computer or something.

saborthw · Post by **saborthw** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 12:58 am

I got the monster power conditioner last week, if anyone is interested it really does reduce the noise that the amp produces in an idle state .. Tone wise Its hard for me to tell if my amp sounds better plugged into the monster power conditioner
Overkill, probably but I feel better knowing I am protecting my amp from spikes and power surges, which we seem to get alot of in Southern CA in the hot summer when power consumption is at its highest when everyone is running the AC

Scott

dosmun · Post by **dosmun** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 10:20 pm

Something that regulates voltage is very nice with tube amps.

wadeberglund · Post by **wadeberglund** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 11:02 pm

Anyone have any recommendations for models others than the two mentioned so far?

saborthw · Post by **saborthw** » Fri Jul 07, 2006 12:24 am

I wouldnt mind getting a voltage regulator to keep constant voltage to my amps but have you guys seen the price ?

Scott

Blast · Post by **Blast** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 11:12 pm

saborthw wrote:I wouldnt mind getting a voltage regulator to keep constant voltage to my amps but have you guys seen the price ?

Scott

Somewhere in the past I've seen a voltage regulator schematic using a 6V6. That's all I can remember about it. With just a handful of parts it looked drop-dead simple to build. But I had no use for it so I lost track of it. If anyone cares, I'll go on a quest for it.