I am looking at a couple of power conditioners, The Furman, Monster power and black lion. which one would be the best choice for my audio and video system. I am using a DAC streamer as well as 2 channel audio?
Over the past 20 odd years I've used Monster,Furman & finally settled on APC..IMO they have much less of an impact on amplifier headroom than either one from the previous mentioned...
Furman is a well known name, highly regarded by many. My go to is Shunyata and Isotech… I highly recommend these. I have extensive experience with Monster, I would not recommend anything from them. They seem to be a marketing company with products frequently lacking in basic performance (their wires) and unreliable / unrepairable power protection and conditioning.
Based on the testing done by Wirecutter, if you want surge protection Furman is the right choice. They make dozens of products however so you want to make sure you have the top of the line surge protection which is SMP/LiFT and EVS.
Some of the cheaper strips from Furman do not include these features.
After that I trust my gear to APC for my PC and Tripp Lite for everything else.
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