[springofdark]

I'm curious to see if anyone has tried using a batter backup (UPS) as a power conditioner (in the cheap) for their rig. From what I can tell, the AC > DC > AC conversion smooths out the various spikes in the power throughput coming directly from the outlet.

Can this be confirmed?

 

[grinch]

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Originally posted by springofdark I'm curious to see if anyone has tried using a batter backup (UPS) as a power conditioner (in the cheap) for their rig. From what I can tell, the AC > DC > AC conversion smooths out the various spikes in the power throughput coming directly from the outlet. Can this be confirmed?

while this may provide constant power, i believe hearing that the power is much more noisey. supposedly the ac/dc converters used in ups units aren't very clean and can put a lot of noise into the line. i've never tried using my ups with my audio system because of the numerous times i've read it's a bad result.

give it a try and see though. i just use my brickwall now and i seem fairly well off.

 

[lini]

It works fairly well with certain models. More info here: http://www4.head-fi.org/forums/showt...threadid=33734

Greetings from Munich!

Manfred / lini

 

[SumB]

I used a APC UPS for a while with success - seemed to clean up some high frequency grunge, but upgrading to a Monster Powerbar 1100 wrought a quantum leap in performance gains over that. Slipping the Powerbar 1100 into my system was every bit the sonic upgrade as primo tubes or a new source.