Furman Power Conditioner, Silver (PST-6)

Great unit. Quieted the background of my stereo system (not silent, but better).

I am a certified buyer of this unit. I bought this unit about a year ago from Amazon.I have two stereo system in my house, a high-end stereo system used for music listening only and an a mid-fi affordable system that I use for music and home theater purposes.First, you need to let the unit breaks in. I just plugged the unit into an electrical outlet and let it stayed there for about 3 days before trying it out.I used this unit first with my high-end system, consisted of KEF ref1s, MC452 amp, MC220 preamp, Chord Qutest DAC ... The difference is noticeable immediately. The whole system just sounded more musical and coherence. I would estimate the improvement is about 5-10% comparing to direct connection to a wall AC outlet. Just to be clear, my entire system was plugged into this unit except the MC452 power amp.Just for curiosity sake, I also used the Furman with my mid-fi system consisted of Wharfedale Opus-1, Adcom GFA-5500 power amp, Krell KRC-2 preamp, PS audio DAC,... and the difference was significantly larger than the high end system. Everything was improved far beyond my expectation. The whole system sound way better than direct connection to a wall AC outlet. In this scenario, I plugged my power amp (Adcom) directly into the unit with signification SQ improvement. I would estimate the improvement is about 20-30% comparing to direct ac connection from the wall outlet.From the two experiments, I concluded that the Furman works better with mid-fi system where the total components cost are below $6000. For a higher-end system, you would better off purchasing a better power conditioner from APC, Audioquest, PS Audio ... However, if your budget is tight, then this unit, the Furman, could be used with all system from low-end to higher-end with noticeable improvement depending on your electrical components.

After a couple weeks the blue LED stopped working. It still supplied power, and it seemed to still be conditioning the power, but, as the instructions state, the surge protection is compromised when the light does not illuminate. The reset button did not bring the light back on, and did not feel quite right when pressed. I clicked on the "return" option on the website here, and was connected to a chat where I explained the situation. The technician / customer service person quickly ordered a new one for me, and said I'd have it the next day. Pretty simple! Sure enough, the new one arrived the next day, and I just had to return the original one. I printed the shipping label from this site and dropped it off at a UPS store a couple days later.I have had the new one for about a month now, and it works fine. With the first one, it was difficult to get some plugs into the outlets for some reason, but with this one they go in smoothly. I must have just received a bad one originally.The speed, and ease, in which they remedied the situation was very impressive!As far as a product review for it goes, I'm not an electrical expert, but it seems to do what is expected. I use it for my guitar amplifier and effects pedals. I have blown some fuses at some venues when I plug into the provided outlet strips or wall outlets, so I wanted to make sure my equipment doesn't get damaged by something I could have prevented. There was a slightly noticeable clarity improvement in the amplifier's tone at my home once I started using it. At some venues, before I bought this, my amp sounded different than when used at home. (granted, there's also some acoustical differences, I know) With the power conditioner, the tone is consistent and predictable. Most importantly, it's a quality surge protector that I can trust when using my equipment at other locations.

I can't say for certain that this is truly better than other power strips or that is doing anything good soundwise for the hifi equipment plugged into it. However I do have a little more peace of mind. This product is very rugged and heavy so should stand up to some knocks at least. The individual sockets are very tight, taking some effort to plug into but once in everything is stable. There is also good distance between the sockets so I can potentially use all of most of them. It is not cheap but from experience so far it is worth the investment for high end electronics or a home office setup.

Works great

Use this in a music touring rig. Protects my gear very well and packs nicely into a backpack.

This is just one of those pieces of equipment you read the reviews, look at, look at again and then only when those frustrating buzzes make you mix your music and use way too much gating, that you have to give it a go.Do it! It really has removed hum, noise and digital activity feedback in my desktop recording solution. Its so good I am going to get another one to cover the other end of the room. It won't get rid of ALL hum, the stuff you create because of bad connections that you create will remain, but all that electric hum a house generates and feeds into the outlets, will go.

Tought for a minute this unit would be the majick buzz & crackle eliminating, bullet. Well, It DOES bring the dirty, incoming power noise audibly down, but not killing all of it.