I would like ask few questions about surge protectors and expensive cabling in general.
First of all, I do not believe, and I never measured any improvement in sound based on changing cables or surge protector. Also surge protector would not likely survive direct hit by a lightning.
There are two stories I would like to share and ask about.
One day a PSU in my old PC died.
It was quite spectacular, because all the capacitors exploded and plastic parts of transformer have melted. Fuse was intact and what turned off the power were breakers. No other component suffered any damage, and I was told I was lucky, because the PSU was connected directly to the wall, without any extension cords, because they could burn in the incident.
On other hand I was recommended to get some basic but decent surge protector, for the possibility of such event in the future. The recommendation was not about getting better quality power, filter noise or such thing, but to assure that if any component burns out like this, other appliances in the house will not suffer from such event, or that possible short circuit will be broken much earlier. On other hand, yes surge protectors contains coils and capacitors, so they can filter noise in case there is any.
Is this recommendation correct?
First of all, I do not believe, and I never measured any improvement in sound based on changing cables or surge protector. Also surge protector would not likely survive direct hit by a lightning.
There are two stories I would like to share and ask about.
One day a PSU in my old PC died.
It was quite spectacular, because all the capacitors exploded and plastic parts of transformer have melted. Fuse was intact and what turned off the power were breakers. No other component suffered any damage, and I was told I was lucky, because the PSU was connected directly to the wall, without any extension cords, because they could burn in the incident.
On other hand I was recommended to get some basic but decent surge protector, for the possibility of such event in the future. The recommendation was not about getting better quality power, filter noise or such thing, but to assure that if any component burns out like this, other appliances in the house will not suffer from such event, or that possible short circuit will be broken much earlier. On other hand, yes surge protectors contains coils and capacitors, so they can filter noise in case there is any.
Is this recommendation correct?