Benefit of a Power Conditioner w/ Mod50?

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Do any of you use a device like a Furman power conditioner with your Mod50? Do you find that helps at all? I've noticed my Mod50 sounding differently at different gigs. I know some of it is the room, but I am wondering how much could be due to difference in the power available. Any thoughts on this? Thanks.
 
I've noticed that problem quite a bit back when I played in a bunch of different places. Usually these days my gigs are limited to two places in town. I think power is a factor and I think tube amps in general are more succeptable to the problem. Nothing scientific just good ol common sense observations. Other things play a factor too. I have always noticed when it's raining outside the room sounds stuffy, humidity you know? I would be interested to hearing from others who have tried power conditioners. In particular the ones like the Furman Power Factor Pro which actually regulate AC line voltage.
 
3 Mile Stone":7b3b6 said:
I've noticed that problem quite a bit back when I played in a bunch of different places. Usually these days my gigs are limited to two places in town. I think power is a factor and I think tube amps in general are more succeptable to the problem. Nothing scientific just good ol common sense observations. Other things play a factor too. I have always noticed when it's raining outside the room sounds stuffy, humidity you know? I would be interested to hearing from others who have tried power conditioners. In particular the ones like the Furman Power Factor Pro which actually regulate AC line voltage.
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My buddy picked up one of those and it works great,he was blowing fuses and getting weird spikes but this took care of it,I use a pl plus II and I love it,now the AR15 that don has looks like the end all,but pricey......
 
Aren't they all so expensive? I guess you need a power conditioner and voltage regulator???? is it worth it for the casual gigger???
 
Ive never used one and had never had any problems. Maybe Im lucky?
 
I use one at my house,but I've got the high voltage box,power lines,cable box,telephone box you name it by my house.I get some weird shit going on,it wrecked havoc on the RM100.I put the pl power plus II on the rack and smooth sailing since :thumbsup:
 
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Aren't they all so expensive? I guess you need a power conditioner and voltage regulator???? is it worth it for the casual gigger???
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I don't know. I haven't done it yet but inconsistant tone drives me nuts. If you don't hear a difference I woudn't do it. But if you're going from club to club and you notice the difference to be an issue why not? I guess to my way of thinking, tube amps are moody enough without adding line voltage issues into the mix. At least if you had one you would know that's not the issue when you experience those little problems. These are just the types of things you run into on a gig sometimes no matter what you are using. They run a about $200 on eBay and some of us will spend that in a heart beat on a cool pedal so why not?
 
Thanks fro all the feedback so far. Yeah, blowing dough on gear doesn't phase me much :) So what model to get and why?
 
Hey I actually have a Furman PL Plus laying around. Is that the sort of thing we're talking about here? I remember it being pretty cheap I think... Havent used it in years though since I ditched the rack.
 
Will I really hear a noticable difference if I plug the MOD 50 into the Furman instead of my usual surge protector?
 
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