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NYC Drew · 23rd June 2003

Steve R,

I use a APC Smart UPS 700R to power my 2 x MX2424's + a few pieces of A>D. It works well. No (discernable) noise is introduced to my system, and my ass has been saved more than twice. Smaller units do not output "true" sine waves, so any pieces of gear with non-switching power supplies will translate this as noise, etc and may even run warm, act unstable.

I also use a (smaller) Smart UPS/Back UPS when I'm connected to a very reliable source of power (ie, genny). If the genny goes down, I have no audio to capture, but I have enough run time to save what I have gracefully.

23rd June 2003	#3
NYC Drew Gear maniac Joined: Jun 2002 Location: NYC area Posts: 193	Re: To UPS, or not to UPS. That is the question. Steve R, I use a APC Smart UPS 700R to power my 2 x MX2424's + a few pieces of A>D. It works well. No (discernable) noise is introduced to my system, and my ass has been saved more than twice. Smaller units do not output "true" sine waves, so any pieces of gear with non-switching power supplies will translate this as noise, etc and may even run warm, act unstable. I also use a (smaller) Smart UPS/Back UPS when I'm connected to a very reliable source of power (ie, genny). If the genny goes down, I have no audio to capture, but I have enough run time to save what I have gracefully. __________________ NYC Drew