# General purchase advice: Ask your questions/for advice here! **URL:** \ **Category:** I need advice!\ **Created:** [May 18, 2020, 5:21pm UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/general-purchase-advice-ask-your-questions-for-advice-here/6620 "2020-05-18T17:21:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 646
**Author:** ![PaisleyUnderground](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/paisleyunderground/32/15919_2.png) [@PaisleyUnderground](https://forum.headphones.com/u/PaisleyUnderground)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2020, 12:25am UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/general-purchase-advice-ask-your-questions-for-advice-here/6620/646 "2020-10-10T00:25:43Z")
> [@Hacksaw](#): > > Power conditioner built for audio versus a UPS that my computer is plugged into? It all depends on what you’re trying to do. I asked myself that question a couple of weeks ago because I had my work laptop/monitor, my home PC/monitor and my audio equipment and other crap all on the same desk, and all randomly plugged into whatever was available on my surge suppressor or my UPS and I didn’t have any more outlets for future equipment. I decided that I was more interested in surge protection than power conditioning for my audio equipment, but wanted the battery-based UPS for my PC, so I looked into getting a new surge protector for the audio equipment, which would allow me to create 3 “power zones” under my desk, and tidy up all the cabling. Each surge protector/UPS would be plugged into a different outlet on the wall. While I was researching surge protectors (there’s a really informative thread [here](https://forum.headphones.com/t/power-line-conditioner/2658/12), I found out that most of them lose their protection over time and don’t warn you, and that Zero Surge invented a surge protection technology that doesn’t wear out. They license the same technology to Brickwall and Surge-X. I bought their [8 outlet surge protector](https://zerosurge-com.3dcartstores.com/8R15W-I_p_17.html) specifically for my audio equipment. I have no idea if the sound has improved but I feel safer because the electricity in my town is horrendous and we constantly have brownouts. I also liked the fact that each pair of receptacles was isolated, so you could plug low current DACs and high current amps into different pairs. --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.headphones.com/t/general-purchase-advice-ask-your-questions-for-advice-here/6620)._