Power Strips

I had the same problem when I put together a HT. Rather than use a power strip I cut out some of the gyproc wall directly beside the existing plug and ganged together two more electrical boxes. You end up with six outlets at a cost of $10. All you need is two more electrical boxes, two more duplex plugs, a little bit of wire, and a 6-outlet face plate. Took me about 2 hours all told. This may not be considered ideal by some folks, but to me the HT set up isn't about high-fidelity so expensive power conditioners, quality strips, or dedicated electrical circuits aren't necessary IMHO. Save a few bucks, and spend the windfall on records.

As with Jeffloistarca, or make your own power strip. (unless you are in the market for, or have the bucks for a audio grade unit). Avoid surge protectors, unless true audio grade. Buy some Electrical cable Sheilded if you wish, as many duplex boxes as you need, and hospital grade outlets... wire it together and voila' a high grade power strip for a fraction of the price.

Chang Lightspeed offers affordable *quality* line conditioners with multiple outlets & integral surge protection.

The monster 2000 can often be had for less than list price and can be made even better by placing a Highwire powerWrap{[24.99] at Music direct}, on the fixed power cord. In my system there was a further lowering of the depth of blackness from which the music emerged with even more ease....why this should be so I do not know....perhaps someone else will try this to see what they hear? The Wire wrap is meant to be used on fixed power cords. I had one laying around and stuck it on the monster and , well, its one of those funny, I hear it, but I woodna thunk it kinda things....its staying.

While i can't vouch for any of the Monster's below the HS-2000, i'm "guessing" that the HTS-1000 should also work. If anyone is looking for a unit of this type, try doing a search for the specific brand that you want at:

www.yahooshopping.com

The results will probably make you QUITE happy with the pricing that you can find some products for. Not only are some of these places very "cheap" to start off with, Monster has come out with a new line and many places are literally blowing the original HTS serious out the door. Sean
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