Congrats and welcome home! I think Gryphon to wall is still safest overall (not voltage spike reasons). The Gryphon will also shut if it senses too little voltage during peaks. But check with Gryphon.I melted a socket 10 yrs ago of a power conditioner that I was told by the dealer of the power conditioner could handle an old Gryphon Antileon.My Colosseum is back up and running! The guys at Soundsmith did a great job with the repair and they ran it for a week.
I’ve spent the last four hours glued to the couch, somebody send me takeout, haha.
I’m having second thoughts concerning the conclusion that ConEd killed the amp. Nothing was burned in the amp and a single part of the power supply failed.
Still, I’ve decided to hook all of my gear to a Niagara 5000 in order to have some protection from over-voltage situations.
Here are the specs on the unit:
https://www.audioquest.com/ac-power/ac-power-conditioners/niagara-5000
Any thoughts?
It didn’t go in for service until MarchSo, I finally got my act together and drove the amp to the service center, SoundSmith, in Peekskill, NY. I didn’t want to do it when we had snow or ice and I kept putting it off. Anyway, now it is there!
I’ve attached a picture of the amp seatbelted into the rear seat of the rental SUV. This is why you always tip your building workers, if you live in NYC. They were nice enough to lift the amp up and put it in there, no easy feat. I could never have done that.
Fingers crossed it doesn’t have a major problem. I miss it. I don’t listen to its Class D replacement much.
Best,
Larry
It didn’t go in for service until March
It didn’t go in for service until March
That's wonderful news Larry and I can just picture you on the couch purring with pleasure and gratitude.
Enjoy.
HiFi Plus recently reviewed the 7000 and Alan Sircom was extremely impressed by it. He also commented very favourably on the 5000 which seems very good value.
Opinions do seem to vary on power conditioners and I would suggest you try it on a home demo before committing just to be on the safe side.
Fantastic...i was just reading up on the Niagara 7000...but for the source components. Did not think it was possible to consider it for a Gryphon...more food for thought...
Thanks Larry
Yes that is the one.
Their reviews are usually reliable if you read them carefully and your friends experience is obviously a good guide. Nothing lost in having a home trial if that is possible.
I would be interested to read how it goes if you do try one.
In the meantime enjoy the music and the lifting of the Class D cloud!
Wow...very good to know! Thanks for that key information!The 7000 weighs about forty pounds more than the 5000 because of the inclusion of an isolation transformer. I think it may be possible to get some hum from that so I’m going with the 5000.
There are twelve outlets on the US versions, four of which are for high current devices, such as amplifiers.
Like I mentioned, my amp seller is running two massive 200w Class A Mephisto monoblocks off of the 5000s. Front end components draw a constant voltage, I believe, and therefore can share a 5000 with one monoblock.
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