Surge protector


This morning we had a power surge.  First one I ever experienced.  It knocked out the sub woofer components of my GoldenEar Triton one speakers. In my ignorance I had them plugged into the wall rather than a surge protector. Soooo it blew the amplifiers in the sub woofers. It’s going to be a costly proposition: $500 for the amplifiers plus God knows how much the dealer is going to charge for coming to my house. (He’s very reluctant to do it, wants me to lug the 80 lbs speakers to the store.   
Meanwhile, I’m having to listen to bass-less  speakers for the foreseeable future.
So, the moral of the story is plug everything into a surge protector.

rvpiano

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@erik_squires Yes, it was Garth Powell who left Furman and went to Audioquest.

I also use a Niagara 1200 and have had many brownouts and complete power losses from transformers going out in the neighborhood and all of my equipment is fine (lots of new construction).

I’ve tried Tripplite and Brickwall and the Niagara is the only one I couldn’t detect a difference in regarding soundstage and dynamics. My Cullen power boxes have bettered the Tripplite and Brickwall in the same regard, equaling the Niagara, but doesn’t sound as clean as it. YMMV.

All the best,
Nonoise