Good small/single outlet power conditioner for preamp.
Anyone know what’s out there?
I am demoing a very nice preamp but it, for currently an unknown reason, does not play well with my Puritan PSM156 conditioner. The pre exhibits noise/hum from the speakers with any source ICs plugged into it.
But the preamp straight to the wall is hum free and all is fine.
If I wanted to keep this pre, straight to the wall is not ideal. So I am preliminarily curious what nice small/single outlet power conditioners are out there for me to consider…
thanks
@ptss Furman makes single strips like the PST-8d that include the filter/surge protection features which is much less expensive and much smaller than the Elite versions. The must-have features from Furman are SMP and LiFT (Series protection and linear filtering). Keep an eye out because they make a lot of products that don't include those. |
@jriggy It sounds like there's some sort of offset being created in the puritan, which can happen when you use a balanced power conditioner, but it usually makes things better. I recommend the Furman because of it's 5-star surge protection and that I've heard it when absent. Is there any other external copper connection coming into the system, such as a TV or coaxial cable? Ethernet is OK. |
