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REVIEW: Monster Cable 2000 Power Conditioner/Surge Protector Review by Andrew at Audio Asylum

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The Monster HTS-2000 has been one of the better gizmos I've added to my system. For $133 shipping included (globalmart.com) it's a great value. I'd say it improved the sound around as much as adding the Monarchy DIP mk2 did (for a little less money), but in a slightly different manner. Whereas the DIP outright lowered the distortion in the sound, making it more pure, the HTS-2000 lowers the noise floor or to use a visual analogy increases the "contrast" in the sound.
In my system it ranks just under the sand tweak ($10) and the ChrisVH DIY Cat5 speaker cables ($65) in terms of bang-for-the-buck improvement. I'm glad I spent my money on this tweak instead of replacing a component for an upgrade.

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Topic - REVIEW: Monster Cable 2000 Power Conditioner/Surge Protector Review by Andrew at Audio Asylum - Andrew 21:38:58 07/6/00 ( 4)

Do you have your amp plugged into it? - Paul D 18:33:28 07/7/00 ( 3)
- Re: Do you have your amp plugged into it? - Sean 21:39:57 07/7/00 ( 2)
  - Re: Do you have your amp plugged into it? - AndrewH 21:53:04 07/9/00 ( 1)
    - Re: Do you have your amp plugged into it? - kiru 11:07:15 07/11/00 ( 0)