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RE: this is the amp specs

I do not use a surge protector because they usually limit dynamics. I use a UberBuss RFI filter and nothing else.

Alan
Funny story about that at least when it came to my Panamax power conditioner.I got an 800 dollar power conditioner from the Panamax rep for 250 dollars..It was his rep sample so he sold it to me..Anyway I plugged my Eico HF50s into it as well as my Mac C-20 preamp and then I plugged in my Knight KB85.Everyone of these combos lost at least 50% of the dynamic range of the amps.
I didn't bother returning it because I got it so cheap and I figured I would use it as an isolation transformer.I just left it plugged in on the floor for about two months being I was too lazy to unplug it.
Then one day I was working on the KB85 and it was plugged into a power strip with one of my Martin Logan subs and the preamp...I got the worst 120vac shock I have ever felt and this is when I just hooked the inner connects to it from the preamp,all were shut off.This is when I decided to hook the power conditioner back up just for isolation so I can work on the amp..When I hooked the amp and preamp and sub back into the power conditioner,I had dynamics and clarity to burn...What happens is,the power conditioner has to learn your power parameters and then it stores them and then it will produce full current..It now shuts the system down 2 seconds before a power outage from a rain storm or any slight change in input voltage.
BTW,it was the switch mode power supply in the Martin Logan sub that created the ground loop to shock me.

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