I am confused with power conditioning and protection of the audio equipment. I hear about people perferring to plug into the wall, but what about surge protection? Does a Bus protect my equipment or are we to add the Bus to voltage protection?? Isnt surge protection the more important element??
We have lighting storms and loss of electricty often here in Austin.
Hi!
No, I don't think the Majibuss has any fuse or any protection devices at all. Its not in the spirit of the product as it really provides completely uninterrupted flow of current to your equipment. My recommendation and what I'll be doing is this:
AC Outlet -> Majibuss -> Balanced A/C conditioner (like Dodd, BPT, Equitech, Furman or a DIY version)-> Your equipment. You can buy the Balanced A/C conditioner used on the market.
This should really provide state of the art power conditioning with safety measures built in. You can just stop there and you'll be way ahead imho.
Best,
Anand.
Anand,
You are spot on!
In my setup, I go dedicated 20 amp line with a pair Oyaide outlets -> Uber Buss -> Furman IT Ref 20i balanced power conditioner -> Kaplan Cable Conditioner cords -> Equipment
While it might seem like using all these pieces is over the top or redundant, I can assure everybody that it absolutely isn't! This combination produces the best possible sound in my system - to my ears, this is an example where 1+1+1+1 = 10!!!
For those who are local to me, ping me and I will happily demo the system and you can hear for yourself what each piece of the chain does.
George
No sir, YOU are spot on!
This will be my setup (a little more budget than yours):
15 amp line w/Porter Ports AC outlet -> Kaplan Power cord ->Majibuss (w/Porter Ports & Furutech IEC) -> Two BPT-1's -> Digital & Analog equipment separately to each BPT-1. And as many Kaplan and/or VH Audio Flavor 4 power cords that I can afford.
Best,
Anand.
P.S. As Zybar has shown, even with a DEDICATED 20 amp line coming into his audio room, there are benefits to filtration. I don't have a dedicated 15 amp line at the moment, its shared amongst all the equipment in my house so there is probably even more benefit. Having auditioned the Majibuss, it clearly provides improvements in almost all areas. It is also extremely sensitive of the type or build of power cord you use. I tried VH Audio Flavor 4, the Electra power cord that was supplied with the unit, and a Bob Crump DIY Asylum cord, and the VH Audio Flavor 4 was the best combination in MY system. I imagine the Kaplan will be just as good if not better. The Electra was excellent, however, even after extensive break in, I didn't find it as analog sounding in my system as the Flavor 4. I'm sure in a different system or with a shielded version of the Electra cable things would be different. The build quality with Oyaide plugs is excellent. The price is fair. 
As far as the Majibuss, you can clearly see that Dave spent the money on what is INSIDE the product. It is pretty bland on the outside but it completely fits the purpose. A decent MDF enclosure is really all you need. I'm having Dave custom build me a Majibuss very soon.
Pretty much everyone is on the money...er, spot in these last few posts. The BUSS series was designed to be the most bang for the buck, yen, gilder, kroner (your money, here) that I could produce without cutting corners on essentials in a milquetoast enclosure. The enclosure is actually made from steamed european beech, not MDF, for it's inherent toughness and ease of working and finishing. I can do any stained finish that people want on the beech, but it seems that people prefer performance over looks. I certainly do.
The choices that I made were all for $$$ value WITHOUT compromising performance. I chose the Leviton after listening to all of the available quad outlets. The Hubbell did not sound as good as the Leviton, yet was 4 times the price. Some of the internals are very reasonable in cost, but out performed the higher priced components
in this application.I did not consider surge protection for this unit because the ONLY TVS that I consider worthwhile is non-sacrificial whole house protection. The local protection that I often see used is inconsequential when used as lightning arrestors.. AFAIK (for sure) is that the $1,000,000.00 policies that are mentioned in advertising for some TVS products do not cover arc over from a lightning strike. This is catastrophic by nature and excluded from the coverage. I had an acquaintance that tried to get an unamed company to payoff on their guarantee and that is what he was told.
MOV's used in 99% of the available surge protectors and outlet strips are less than worthless when it comes to audio usage - the begin to generate noise after just a few hits and sit there and rattle at about 30KHz - this is a BAD thing when it comes to HF clarity. I will never use an MOV in any product. I am working on a hybrid crowbar arrestor, but I can't seem to get it to be sonically neutral (for reasonable $$$) and will not bring it to market until I do.
Don't forget: I will do ANY REASONABLE custom request for very reasonble surcharges. Just let me know what you want and I'll figure out a cost.
FWIW - the power chain in my system flows as follows -
Service entry > dedicated circuits > Pass & Seymour 5262 extra heavy duty wall receptacle > Topaz 2.5kVA ultra isolation transformer > UberBUSS > the Uber supplies my Cary CAD572SE MkII monoblocks from the 'A' circuit and a PS Audio P300 MWII (modified) which then drives the modified Cary SLP50B preamp and Cary 306-200 CD player. This is the configuration that sounds the best in my system. I encourage users to determine the final location of any of the BUSS series filters by listening . In some system the placement before or after an isolation TX will sound different depending on order of the units. What sounds the best IS the best.
Thanks to all of you that coninue to send me letters and emails about your incredible satisfaction of the BUSS units.
Dave
