nefilim
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Jon Snow and I have something in common. Amir pointed out my cheapie isolation transformer might not be doing much isolation after all: https://audiosciencereview.com/foru...asurements-of-topping-d50-dac.2403/post-87945
Looking around for modestly priced options I noticed this one:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00008YMZO/ref=psdc_10967671_t2_B00007KQKJ
which states "Floating AC output prevents noise coupling" (curiously the 500W model is not explicit about this).
I'm aware of the more traditional "audiophile" options such as Equitech but I'm doubtful the ROI on these are worth it for me.
I'm also using a voltage regulator (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00009RA60) upstream from the transformer, which often indicates overvoltage from the mains.
Power can be a bit spotty here at times with brownouts or brief outages. I believe most of my equipment has decent power supplies so I surmise performance impact/improvement might be minimal here?
Curious if this is worth investing in, both for protecting equipment and any possible performance improvement.
Looking around for modestly priced options I noticed this one:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00008YMZO/ref=psdc_10967671_t2_B00007KQKJ
which states "Floating AC output prevents noise coupling" (curiously the 500W model is not explicit about this).
I'm aware of the more traditional "audiophile" options such as Equitech but I'm doubtful the ROI on these are worth it for me.
I'm also using a voltage regulator (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00009RA60) upstream from the transformer, which often indicates overvoltage from the mains.
Power can be a bit spotty here at times with brownouts or brief outages. I believe most of my equipment has decent power supplies so I surmise performance impact/improvement might be minimal here?
Curious if this is worth investing in, both for protecting equipment and any possible performance improvement.