Furman Power Conditioners

[bluegrassphile]

I use a Furman power conditioner for my recording gear (I've also used it when I had electric guitar amps). Are they also great/adequate/better than nothing, for home audio?

 

[Shadowfax]

Yes, also the PS Audio units.

I use an APC H-15 myself but know the Furmans are probably better.

 

[CPP]

Yes, also the PS Audio units.

I use an APC H-15 myself but know the Furmans are probably better.

Hard to say which is better, both have been in the industry for a while and both are owned by another company. . APC actually is Schneidar Electric . Furman is owned by Linear which changed its name to Nortel Security & Control. All have deep history in IT.

 

[Shadowfax]

Hard to say which is better, both have been in the industry for a while and both are owned by another company. . APC actually is Schneidar Electric . Furman is owned by Linear which changed its name to Nortel Security & Control. All have deep history in IT.

I should have said "think" not Know.

 

[Speedskater]

All a power conditioner can do is to try to reduce the problems of a specific situation. So the problems that on listen faces will be different than the problems another listener has. A product that is helpful in one specific situation may not be so in another.

 

[bluegrassphile]

All a power conditioner can do is to try to reduce the problems of a specific situation. So the problems that on listen faces will be different than the problems another listener has. A product that is helpful in one specific situation may not be so in another.

This is a little late in response, but yes, that's why I was asking. Would the Furman PC that I have work just as well for home audio as for recording and electric instruments?

 

[sharkmouth]

If in the same building/power circuit, yes. Requiring that you were already happy with it doing exactly the same in the previous scenario, of course. Most general broad band-aids are just that, not specific. Don't fix it if it ain't broken.... If you have to, address that particular point.

 

[ADCO]

I use a Furmam Reference 20i on a dedicated 20 amp circuit. This unit is a balanced symmetrical unit and is by most industry standards considered excellent.

I honestly don’t think it has or makes a sonic improvement in the conventional sense of that statement.... however I am fortunate to live in a large home two pool pumps, a hot tub with two pumps( one on 24/7) two central air conditioners, two furnaces, two dishwashers, washer dryer, 2 full size fridges, 2 bar fridges, wine fridge, and god knows how many other motor devices and noisy electronic dinners etc etc. And worse, I’m on a street transformer with 5 other houses that would have that or likely more motors turning at any given time.

The furman cleans that noise up on ( for example) a busy Saturday when trying to listen.

Now, the device provides protection and doesn’t change the actual sound characteristics as far as I can tell and has capacitance so doesn’t chock the amp... combine that with noise elimination from dirty power ( at times) and for me , in my home it’s a home run

What’s interesting is the noisiest devices seem to be a set of 12 dimmable low voltage pot lights used to eliminate some art. Prior to the furman I literally could hear if they were on upstairs or not.

Just , and this is simply an opinion, don’t buy these things thinking they will make your rig sound better . I honestly have not experienced that