- Monster Power Home Theater System Owner's Manual

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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Question Answer
What is the importance of
component-to-component
filtering?
With Monster PowerCenter technology, AC power is improved by noise filtering that isolates
your equipment from interference riding the AC line. Most other manufacturers just stop
there, but Monster keeps going! The next crucial step of filtering occurs between connected
components. Our patent-pending component-to-component noise filtering is one of the most
innovative features of the PowerCenter — it protects internally generated equipment noise
from “reaching out” and degrading the performance of other equipment! An inherently
noisy component like a computer won’t radiate digital noise into other connected equipment
because the noise is eliminated with specialized filters that separate adjacent outlets.
Eliminating noise from the AC power line and from various system components yields
the best possible sound.
Does it matter into
which outlets I plug
my components?
For the most part, yes. Each group of outlets is specially designed to protect and maximize
performance of the components they’re intended to power. For example, a power amplifier
is a high-current device and has a special PowerCenter audio filter that allows for greater
power transfer while reducing noise from the AC power line. A digital signal processor is
not a high-current device so its filter attenuates a wider band of noise specific to digital
components. It won’t hurt plugging digital components into high current outlets, or analog
into video outlets, but for maximum performance, each class of component makes best use
of the specialized noise filtering based on their inherent needs and differences.