audioraptured,
I have a combination of a few things due to the distance apart I have some of my components. I decided on purchasing an APC H15. I did this on a few considerations. I have had a long and positive experience with APC products. I have been in the computer industry for over 25 years and they have always been as advertised and have worked as they claimed. I have been searching for something better as far as surge, RFI, EMI protection and line conditioning.
I currently have two Monster products, HTS 1000 and a HTS 850. These did an adequate job but not what I had expected and failed on two separate occasions.
I did a lot of research and there is a lot of double-talk and marketing crap out there. Yes, there are a lot of good products but I am not in the position to invest in something in the $1000’s to get what I need. In my case I would have two devices and this would not be a cost affective for my situation.
In my current configuration, I have everything plugged in the APC device. Now having said that I will have to explain that some devices will simply not reach, what I have done is use the Monster products as extension cords to provide me the protection I needed. The devices that will not reach the APC are plugged in to the Monster products and they are in turn plugged in to the APC.
I am very pleased with the APC H 15. It offers 12 outlets not 8 and if you are lucky 10 as most other manufactures’ products, FI/EMI protection, dedicated analog and digital outlests and it has the same, if not better specs in certain areas. Although it may not be the best with everything it was hard to be for the overall capability, warranty and price. I purchased it online and got about 40% off.
Finally, I would say that with the line voltage stabilization and filtering of RFI/EMI of the APC has brought my system to another level.
Jeff