Try the Furman AC215a, it's small (2 outlets) and has the features erik squires recommends. It's about $100.
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
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@gramophone_canada No, there is no noise when just pre and power are connected. Noise comes as soon as a DAC (two, tube or ss here to try) is connected. Today I am going to try the whole system on a Furutech tp609 passive power strip to see if it’s hum free. If so, I’ll dismantle the HT/TV power setup and try the Equi=Core 1800 balanced power conditioner with everything. @psf4972 thanks for the suggestion. I looked at it but it appears to be UK based only… wish I could edit thread title to reflect my change of heart on having two conditioners. One for all OR better yet, fixing this issue with no other purchase needed. |
Our power spikes alot sometimes 5x a wk.i have good luck with furman although I've tried many and have many even the old monster 2000 plus 7000 huge transformers. I need it for my expensive amps I don't like loosing sound quality but if it saves me big $$$ on audio equipment it's a compromise I'll live with.have not found one to get rid of small ground loop but they all advertise they do. |
It's the preamp. you changed 1 thing, problem started. Preamp straight into the wall, no problem, thus the preamp is good, EXCEPT it is making .....? I would get a length of wire for a new ground somewhere: start touching contacts, this one, that one: searching for some combo that ends the hum. I did that on my new equalizer which hummed even in bypass mode, found connecting the left and right channel's grounds to each other solved the problem. Just hit or miss. |
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