clean power/surge protector for subwoofer

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9/28/12 at 5:27am

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My Velodyne 12'' subwoofer is currently plug into my Belkin Pure AV Power Bar (F9A1033 4720 joules rating). I need to move my subwoofer in the room but I cannot move my power bar. I was wondering if it's necessary/critical for a subwoofer to be feeded with clean power? It's either no power cleaning or 15'' feets of power cable to feed my subwoofer through clean power?

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9/28/12 at 10:13am

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A surge suppressor and a power conditioner are not the same thing. If you're trying to "clean" the AC current then a surge protector will not help you do that, you need something like this instead.

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9/28/12 at 10:38am

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This particular ''power bar'' is a power conditionning and power stabilizing at the same time.

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9/28/12 at 11:35am

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I doubt even "dirty" power will affect the sound quality of a subwoofer which is usually spec'd above 10% THD when amplifying and reproducing lower frequencies at action level, sound levels. Our emergency power generator is <5% THD and my understanding, AC power is cleaned up at the appliance transformer stage when converting AC to DC.

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9/28/12 at 2:36pm

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The "power bar" the OP was referring to retailed for around $75, so there probably wasn't much conditioning or stabilizing going on anyway. It was more then likely a surge suppressor with some marketing lingo attached.