Most of the Outlaws have a lot of money invested in expensive gear and worry about "dirty" power and voltage surge This may have been dealt with before, but a limited search has failed to find discussions. My questions are about voltage surge protectors and AC line filters. Does one need both? I am using Chang Lightspeeds for AC filtering which are relatively expensive and have relatively low energy clamping (35-45 joules). Surge protectors with energy clamping up to 3000 joules can be had for relatively modest cash outlays. If we need both, does a proximal (nearer the wall AC outlet) surge protector degrade the perfomance of a distal line filter? This should be a softball for the electronic engineers among the Outlaws.
Thanks, John