Any reason you don’t have a dedicated line for your audio gears? The expense (less than $300) would probably be less than a couple of PST-8. The benefits would also be tenfold. Another good investment that would help is a dirty electricity meter such as the Greenwave Dirty Electricity Meter ($135) that can tell you how noisy an electrical outlet is just by plugging the meter to it. For reference, when I plug my meter to my dedicated line, it was the cleanest in my house and my PST-8 outlets were dirtier than the wall outlet where the Furman is connected to, at least when it comes to EMI. Greenwave also carries filters (around $30) that do a good job removing EMI. Hope that helps.
Furman PST-8 Noise Reducing Power Strip
After hearing others suggest Furman power bars that incorporate line filtering like the PST-8, I’ve purchased a couple. I’ve not purchased these for my audio gear which already has conditioning from Audioquest, but to connect other potentially "noisy" devices to that are connected to separate outlets but unfortunately are on the same circuit as my audio gear, including a mac mini media server, my TV, a network switch, and few video game consoles.
Am I using the Furman correctly in this application - connecting all of these other devices unrelated to my hifi system into the Furman strips, to isolate any noise that is being fed back into the circuit which could adversely impact my hifi system’s performance? Has anyone else used these in this capacity?
For reference, my InnuOS Zenith MK3 music streamer is connected into an Audioquest 1200 conditioner which is connected to the wall, and my Diablo 300 amplifier is connected directly into the wall as per the manufacturer’s recommendation. I do also plan to plug a Shunyata Venom Defender to generally help with noise on the line. I don't think my audio gear would benefit from also being connected to a Furman strip that features line filtering, or does anyone disagree with that?
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Thanks. I’m sure a dedicated line would improve things even further. @spenav , wouldn’t installing the dedicated line involve ripping out and replacing drywall to install it? I’d think that would be rather pricey, no?
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