Conditioner for Cary MB500 Monoblocks


Hi all.

Tomorrow I will be installing Cary's MB500 monoblocks into my system. They will be running into the 4 ohm Aerial 9 speaker, so the amps will be putting out 1000 watts per side.

I have a Shunyata Hydra 6, and I'm not sure I want to run the amps through it. I'm concerned about current limiting, suppressing the soundstage...all the usual concerns about power conditioning. I will run the rest of the gear through the Hydra (cd, pre, etc), BUT....

I'm curious about people's experience with big monos and high end conditioners. The ones that have caught my attention are the Furman (ref 20 -- will the 15 be enough?) and the Exact Power (not sure which one). I'm open to hearing about other brands that have worked for you. APS anyone?

It's kind of expensive to experiment, so I'd be grateful for any actual experience you may have with high current high power amps and your conditioner.

Thanks in advance,

Rich (in Portland OR)
rbirke

Showing 1 response by mitch2

Hi Rich, I am late to this party, but thought I would add that I too run Aerial 9's with Cary 500MB's. I am currently running mine single ended with a Lector CDP7 TL MkIII and Lamm LL2. I just picked up a loaded BPT CPC that has a 30-amp high current filter, 300VA LoNo balanced isolation transformer for balanced power on two of the five duplex outlets, Oyaide outlets, Bybees, filtering on all outlets, magnetic breaker, and ERS cloth inside. I can run my digital through one of the balanced power outlets, effectively isolating it from the rest of the system, then run the amps and preamp from the other outlets. Therefore, my whole system is now run from a 20A dedicated circuit, even though I have two such circuits available for my use. I know some like to run things off higher amperage circuits, but it seems since the amps each have 7A fuses, preamp has a 1A fuse, and CDP has a 2A fuse, even an all-out assult would only draw 17 amps and 20 amps should be fine or even 15 amps in most cases.