bdbaba Posted July 22, 2007 Share Posted July 22, 2007 Have this up at AVS, but not getting many hits yet. Hoping some of the big brains here have some ideas. My current PJ is a Sharp XV-Z12000MK2 if that helps. Too many brown outs here in Hawaii. I saw this one at buy.com. http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=201949534&adid=17654&dcaid=17654 Thanks ahead of time! bdbaba Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrWho Posted July 22, 2007 Share Posted July 22, 2007 Do you plan on running your audio off this too? Or is it just going to be for your video equipment? The reason I ask is because many of the surge suppresions used in these kinds of devices will squish the dynamics in music. I'm not familiar if this specific unit has that problem or not, but if you're not running audio off it there's nothing to worry about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdbaba Posted July 23, 2007 Author Share Posted July 23, 2007 Aloha Dr.Who, Thanks for the reply.. I am just going to run the PJ off it. Hopefully that will be OK. My other equipment is just running through a surge protector and a Tice Solo Power conditioner that I picked up for free at a garage sale. I hope they are not screwing up my dynamics as well. I don't want my Chorus fronts and Forte center to be squished! What do you think? bdbaba Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strutter Posted July 23, 2007 Share Posted July 23, 2007 many of the surge suppresions used in these kinds of devices will squish the dynamics in music. what about some of the units that have a high current outlet for amps? do these squish dynamics also? i thought that was the purpose of the "special" outlet? to prevent hinderence of dynamics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJkizak Posted July 23, 2007 Share Posted July 23, 2007 I would be surprised to see any UPS units with true sine wave outputs. All of the ones I checked (scoped) were square wave. JJK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdbaba Posted July 23, 2007 Author Share Posted July 23, 2007 I would be surprised to see any UPS units with true sine wave outputs. All of the ones I checked (scoped) were square wave. JJK Interesting. I think the more expensive ones from APC are true sine wave, but i do not want to spend that much. I would like to keep it under $200 bones. Does it matter? I only want the backup if I have a brown out or a black out--which we do a lot here--so i can power down the PJ in the proper way. I am not going to run it on the battery for long. I guess the question is whether having the PJ plugged into the thing will ruin the picture any while its getting regular power from the outlet? bdbaba Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrWho Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 many of the surge suppresions used in these kinds of devices will squish the dynamics in music. what about some of the units that have a high current outlet for amps? do these squish dynamics also? i thought that was the purpose of the "special" outlet? to prevent hinderence of dynamics. That's partially why I said many and not all. I really need to sit down and figure out which suppression technologies squish dynamics that way I don't have to speak broadly about it all the time. Or even better, hopefully somone in the know will chime in. If I were purchasing one of these units, I would be contacting the manufacturer to make sure I was going with the right unit - and I would expect that they might be able to recommend a better alternative once they learn your application too (or maybe that's a bit too optimistic, I dunno). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strutter Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 many of the surge suppresions used in these kinds of devices will squish the dynamics in music. what about some of the units that have a high current outlet for amps? do these squish dynamics also? i thought that was the purpose of the "special" outlet? to prevent hinderence of dynamics. many and not all. yep, i caught that. i was just inquiring because thats what i thought was the purpose of the high current outlet. and was wondering if my thinking was wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrWho Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 I'm kinda busy right now (going into finals week for summer courses), but if I don't make it back to this thread in 2-3 weeks feel free to drop me a reminder to go do a little research. There's gotta be a website or something out there that documents how all the technologies work. If not, I'll just sit down and throw something together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdbaba Posted July 28, 2007 Author Share Posted July 28, 2007 I'm kinda busy right now (going into finals week for summer courses), but if I don't make it back to this thread in 2-3 weeks feel free to drop me a reminder to go do a little research. There's gotta be a website or something out there that documents how all the technologies work. If not, I'll just sit down and throw something together. Thanks Dr. Who--Look forward to reading what you find out. Good luck with your tests! Let me know what textbooks you need for next semester--maybe I can get you a deal. bdbaba Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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