Protecting your Audio/Video Equipment

[harpreetz]

Hi ALL,

I am starting this new thread, where we all can share what protection are we using for our Audio/video equipments.
One can also recommend an ideal protection mechanism/product, which will safeguard our equipment from power surges,voltage fluctuations and what all.
Recently the IC of my Samsung BlueRay player went bonkers, without any valid justification.

To begin with, i am using basic Belkin surge protector, where i have plugged in my Avr,blueray player and Media player.

Just brought a 65" 4K and looking for ideal protection for the same.

Please share your inputs.

*Mods... please merge this thread, if there is any existing thread of similar nature.

 

[efernand1]

Hi

This will be an interesting thread...i do recall reading similar a couple of years back on HFV....

It all depends on which location you reside....power supply from the companies etc is sporadic ...especially in remote areas....

Spike Guards, Surge Protectors is widely used, Stabilizers are also used.

In most cases, Electric current seems to pass through the set top box which is connected to the AVR....via HDMI....lots of reported issues around this...

Work around is to connect Set Top Box directly to TV via HDMI and then give TV out to the AVR ...in most cases optical .....sometimes the settop box has optical out additionally which can be sent directly to AVR....

Coaxial is also another option but current can still pass..

 

[Haribabu]

spike buster can be useful. servo stabilizer is last option.

 

[sud98]

There are multiple threads on this.

Depending upon the quality of power supply and the budget, the options are

1. Servo Stab
2. CVT
3. DBT Pure sine wave UPS
4. Power conditioners

Spike busters are a waste of money. Your MCB panel has better protection than the spike busters.

Servo stabs are good in areas where there are huge voltage fluctuations.

CVT are a good compromise from an audio perspective.

DBT protect you completely as there is always a conversion from ac to dc and back to ac and hence no transients pass through.

Power conditioners are for cleaner power, many pure sine wave UPS may have the filters which conditioners have. But Conditioners are more suited for audio, but tend to be very expensive.

 

[anuragn]

spike buster can be useful. servo stabilizer is last option.

Care to explain why?

 

[harpreetz]

question to the Mods.
Can we make this thread a Sticky ?

 

[eastofthesun]

Hi Harpreetz, it would make a lot of sense to use a power distributer cum conditioner with a built in transformer ( for linear power supply ) for your A/V setup. I use a Rontek power distributor which is made in Bangalore by Jacob Abraham. It is really a very good quality product and i can vouch for it. It also has a filters which make its decent enough power conditioner for A/V purposes. For my Stereo purposes i use the Transparent audio MM2 power isolators.. Both the pieces of equipment have a very good aesthetic appeal too.
Cheers!
Anand
STEREO: Transrotor zet 1 TT, Transrotor 8.2 MC reference phono stage, Ortofon rondo red cartridge, MSB Platinum iv DAC, MSB DATA TRANSPORT iv CD transport, mola mola Kaluga power amplifiers, Transparent audio Ultra cables and interconnects, Transparent audio premium USB cable, Transparent audio Reference Power cables Synology D 415 play 12 TB RAID NAS drive, Mac book air with Roon, Joseph Audio Perspectives Floor standers, Stillpoints Aperture Acoustic panels, Stillpoints Ultra mini isolators, Blue jeans CAT6a cables. Transparent Audio Power isolators mm2.

HT1: Optoma HD 82 projector, I box media player, Synology D 415 play 12 TB RAID NAS drive, Anthem MRX 500 AV receiver, B & W center & DALI surrounds, REL T5 subwoofer.

HT2: Panasonic 42' Plasma, Monitor audio Radius R250 center and front speakers, Radius R90 surrounds and radius R360 subwoofer. Dune media player and pioneer BDP 140 blu ray player.

 

[dr.karaan]

I am using Belkin surge protector, foe my Pioneer av receiver 1131, read on Amazon that it will suffice

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