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From: konar@lennon.SRC.Honeywell.COM (Mithat F Konar)
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Subject: Re: Tice Power Conditioner
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Date: 11 Mar 91 13:51:06 GMT
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In article <10064@uwm.edu> chowkwan%priam.usc.edu@usc.edu (Raymond Chowkwanyun) writes:
>
>CD's are very sensitive to mains voltage.  I think
>this is a worthwhile application for a conditioner
>and doesn't have to be heinously expensive.  The
>Tripplite was $300.  It had been modified for
>the audio application.  (CD player was Sony C7ESD).

Not to seem too anal about this, but I believe you are drawing a conclusion
on an "n" of 1. Given what you've told us so far, I think the true statement is,
"My particular model (Sony C7ESD) is very sensitive to mains voltage." If it
is in fact true that your CD player is that sensitive to variations in
your line voltage, then I think either your power company is doing something
very wrong (not very likely) or Sony has poorly designed the power supply
in your CD player (not unlikely). If they messed up the power supply, it
seems that an attempt to regulate the line voltage in this way is a pretty
kludgey solution to the problem.

Always a cynic,

Mithat Konar