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I am not sure how many people use such units but it seems like the same hype that created the market for $3,500 a meter "interconnects" when no double blind tests prove any benefit or even that any of the claims made are true over same gauge zip cord or any conductor. I will give credit to Monster, as the ones who really got people believing in fairies and magic and were able to exploit gullibilities better than others back in the 80s which created a whole catalog of myths about audio. I have yet to see one of their products that do anything close to what they claim, however.
The most important part of the circuit are the MOV's which are consumables....but your gear probably already has them. Essentially people are paying a high price to include another point of failure in a system that has the capability of actually reducing peak current available to the gear needing it, with scant evidence that there is any improvement in sound as claimed. The decrease in supply stiffness DOES impact sound. I dare say, the broken power conditioners are more of a problem than broken sound units in the face of noisy or unstable mains.
Has anyone actually heard a difference...other than the constant buzzer sound from underrated protection devices?
The suggestions earlier that the buzzer will sound even after reset is not likely to be true, it is simply turned on by whatever control circuit that supplies the source current for the buzzer. Buzzers do not have trigger thresholds that trip permanently. Find out why the control circuit is turning the buzzer on. Probably only an open thermal switch/fuse.
The most important part of the circuit are the MOV's which are consumables....but your gear probably already has them. Essentially people are paying a high price to include another point of failure in a system that has the capability of actually reducing peak current available to the gear needing it, with scant evidence that there is any improvement in sound as claimed. The decrease in supply stiffness DOES impact sound. I dare say, the broken power conditioners are more of a problem than broken sound units in the face of noisy or unstable mains.
Has anyone actually heard a difference...other than the constant buzzer sound from underrated protection devices?
The suggestions earlier that the buzzer will sound even after reset is not likely to be true, it is simply turned on by whatever control circuit that supplies the source current for the buzzer. Buzzers do not have trigger thresholds that trip permanently. Find out why the control circuit is turning the buzzer on. Probably only an open thermal switch/fuse.
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