Seeking a Power Conditioner with 12 outlet capacity in the $4000.00 range. I have been l looking at the Audioquest Niagra 3000, but only has 7 outlets, and the Puritan PSM 156, 6 outlets. I was looking at the two abovementioned as they both received some excellent reviews from current owners. Looking to surge protect as well as reduce noise from dirty power. I am located in Long Island, New York. Can anybody recommend a product that meets my specifications? Thank you.
SEEKING A POWER CONDITIONER WITH 12 OUTLETS
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Are those your speakers and sub in the photograph (Divin Noblesse and Divin Sovereign)? If so...nice! Would love to know more about your experience with Noblesse, why you chose them...and what the Sovereigns brings to that soundscape? Do you run 1 or 2 Sovereigns...and they are in parallel, or are you cutting off the low-end of the Noblesse?
Yes they are mine. The Sovereigns (2) are magnificent and complete the system’s full range frequency response. If you turn them off, something is missing on any and all genres not just deep bass content material. The Noblesse are run full range.
Fantastic. Thank you. If you dont mind:
- what were any other contenders (or your previous speakers)?
- What are you driving the Noblesse with?
Previous speakers were Evolution Acoustics MM3 Exact.
Look carefully at the photo image. I’ll bet you can figure out the amps I’m running.
Ah-ha! Yes, very nice monos! And the EA MM3 Exact makes a lot of sense then as well. Impressed that the Divin Noblesse and Sovereigns have overtaking such an impressive set of speakers. Have heard very very good things about the MM3s. Congrats!
Just a thought to share.
In my case, a few years ago I was enjoying my ARC based system when it started to sound constrained. I did some looking, and couldn’t really see any obvious issues that would cause the flattening and less than lifelike sound. Then one afternoon during this period my ARC Ref 6 shut itself down. It went into a protective mode. The cause was LOW voltage. I got out power monitoring equipment and discovered voltage drops to below 95 VAC. Our power is provided by TVA which is usually a reliable supplier.
I was running AQ Niagara power conditioners at the time. Over the course of the next few days, I saw voltage swings from 90 VAC all the way to 140 VAC. My Niagara gear could smooth and clamp, but it could not fix very low voltage.
I had been skeptical of regeneration up to this point, but I decided to try a used PS Audio regenerator. I was quite surprised by its excellent result. ARC recommends that their gear sounds best at 117.5 VAC. On this regenerator setting, my ears told me that their recommendation was quite good.
Shortly thereafter, I traded some gear to PS Audio for a new P20. The P20 has more than enough outlets for your purpose.
Regeneration is the only strategy I know short of building your own power plant, that can protect you from low voltage swings. I am very pleased with mine. I run a P20 at the main part of the system (now based on Burmester rather than ARC). My phono gear is remotely located, and I run my used P12 in that location to power my ARC Ref Phono 3SE and turntables.
I highly recommend a regenerator trial. PS Audio has a generous trade policy as well as a very generous no risk trial period.
FWIW, my conradjohnson gear did not respond positively to the regenerator, so in my opinion, it is necessary to have the no risk trial period. YMMV
In my case, a few years ago I was enjoying my ARC based system when it started to sound constrained. I did some looking, and couldn’t really see any obvious issues that would cause the flattening and less than lifelike sound. Then one afternoon during this period my ARC Ref 6 shut itself down. It went into a protective mode. The cause was LOW voltage. I got out power monitoring equipment and discovered voltage drops to below 95 VAC. Our power is provided by TVA which is usually a reliable supplier.
I was running AQ Niagara power conditioners at the time. Over the course of the next few days, I saw voltage swings from 90 VAC all the way to 140 VAC. My Niagara gear could smooth and clamp, but it could not fix very low voltage.
I had been skeptical of regeneration up to this point, but I decided to try a used PS Audio regenerator. I was quite surprised by its excellent result. ARC recommends that their gear sounds best at 117.5 VAC. On this regenerator setting, my ears told me that their recommendation was quite good.
Shortly thereafter, I traded some gear to PS Audio for a new P20. The P20 has more than enough outlets for your purpose.
Regeneration is the only strategy I know short of building your own power plant, that can protect you from low voltage swings. I am very pleased with mine. I run a P20 at the main part of the system (now based on Burmester rather than ARC). My phono gear is remotely located, and I run my used P12 in that location to power my ARC Ref Phono 3SE and turntables.
I highly recommend a regenerator trial. PS Audio has a generous trade policy as well as a very generous no risk trial period.
FWIW, my conradjohnson gear did not respond positively to the regenerator, so in my opinion, it is necessary to have the no risk trial period. YMMV
Wow, that’s a huge Voltage swing— 90 to 140! My power, in mid Tennessee, also from TVA runs pretty steady around 122-123V.
I wonder what accounts for those crazy power swings.
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I recommend you to check Synergistic Research Powercell 12 UEF. I would stay away from any transformer based or in series filter.
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