I recently bought a 950/755 and have a question I hope someone can help me with. I am trying to find a surge protector for my 755 alone (I plan to connect the rest of my A/V stuff to another power strip). I know the 755 is rated at 1800 watts max. Surge protectors are rated in joules. I know that watts are joules/sec. Most single/dual outlet surge protectors are rated less than 1800J (Tripp-lite Ultrablock 600J, Monster 1100J). Can anyone comment on whether these surge protectors will be sufficient? It seems to me that the surge protector would have to trip in less than 0.5sec to work.

Another question. Several people seem to have surge protectors and noise filters all in one (Panamax 5100/5300, Monster powercenter/bar, etc) from the threads I have read on the whole surge protector/power conditioner topic. For those who own one of these, do you have the amplifier connected with the rest of your equipment?