Tatteredmidnight
Active Member
I’m quite happy with my Furman PST-8D. They are a reputable company, and the biggest thing for me above a whole house unit is that it has non-destructive over-volt protection at something like 136v. This has only tripped once for me, but I was glad it did.
Luckily, my internet is fiber (FiOS), and I have no coax runs to anything. I’ve experienced one cascading failure over Ethernet that originated at a router and took out a switch and the Ethernet port on a motherboard, that was a bit concerning.
I’ve also lived in an apartment where the bathroom fan would cause my powered speaker on the same circuit to pop when it was shut off. My theory was that the motor was dumping current back into the line due to a spike caused by the magnetic field collapsing on the coils, but Iack the education to be certain. I would think that would be DC current though, so probably not much that would help there (shrug).
Long story short, Furman is a brand I’ve encountered when working with pro-audio companies, as is surge-x. They both seem to be high quality, and may add the additional benefit of over-voltage protection in circumstances where a whole house unit may not trip. Most of my non-audio equipment is on line-interactive UPS’s so who knows.
Luckily, my internet is fiber (FiOS), and I have no coax runs to anything. I’ve experienced one cascading failure over Ethernet that originated at a router and took out a switch and the Ethernet port on a motherboard, that was a bit concerning.
I’ve also lived in an apartment where the bathroom fan would cause my powered speaker on the same circuit to pop when it was shut off. My theory was that the motor was dumping current back into the line due to a spike caused by the magnetic field collapsing on the coils, but Iack the education to be certain. I would think that would be DC current though, so probably not much that would help there (shrug).
Long story short, Furman is a brand I’ve encountered when working with pro-audio companies, as is surge-x. They both seem to be high quality, and may add the additional benefit of over-voltage protection in circumstances where a whole house unit may not trip. Most of my non-audio equipment is on line-interactive UPS’s so who knows.