Hi,
Thought it might be of interest to those on this board, but I recently purchased a UPS to deal with the occasional power trips that we sometimes get living out in the sticks (mainly to ensure the broadband CPE router and home WiFi setup stays up).
Some initial research led me down the path to consider a couple of options. One, from a well known brand APC (very common in the numerous data centres I have been in) and another, slightly lesser known, called CyberPower. After weighing up the option, I actually decided to go for a CyberPower CP1300EPFCLCDUK. There were a couple of key features that were particularly appealing, the Pure Sinewave Output and the automatic voltage regulation, however that said, it was the price and basic UPS functionality (incl. replaceable batteries) that were the primary factors in deciding what to buy.
Anyway, not having given it too much thought beyond wanting to keep the lights (or LEDs) on, I plugged my UnitiLite (+ PowerLine) into the unit and was surprised by how much this seems to have improved the overall sound - am pretty sure it isn’t a case of golden ears, as I really hadn’t intended a change - it just seemed to suddenly improve - albeit all things hifi, it is always incremental change.
Not sure if anyone else has tried this - but for me it was one of those rare side benefits that seems to have given an accidental upgrade !! In hindsight of course, it makes sense given the improvement that the manufacturer states (and 3rd parties have measured) to regulate the power feed to the protected output which was one of the reasons for the PowerLine upgrade when I first bought the system.
Note, I wouldn’t advise anyone rushes out and buys a UPS just on my experience as these are around £200, but I wondered if anyone else had also found the same result.
In case it helps - further info at https://www.cyberpower.com/uk/en/product/series/pfc_sinewave
Note - I have nothing to do with any of the companies above, just wanted to share my experience.
