Has anyone tried?

[qwerter]

Are there any benefits in using these devices?

http://www.skycomp.com.au/item/CyberPower-Value-GP-LCD-2200VA---1320W-Line-Interactive-UPS---15Amp-Input-Socket.aspx

[qwerter]

Or this:

http://www.skycomp.com.au/item/APC-Smart-UPS-750VA-LCD-230V.aspx

[acg]

I have a UPS for my business equipment and have run the audioPC from it to no benefit.  Many UPS's regulate the voltage as well as provide a backup in case of power failure where it is beneficial to have your hard drives spin down and your equipment shut down gracefully.  In my experience a UPS brings nothing to digital audio.  They are generally slower acting supplies based on older battery technology and there is opinion from ears that I trust that slower reacting supplies can restrict dynamics especially when applied to the digital source or amplifier.

 

Anthony

[Jventer]

UPS may cause issues because some of them creates a sine wave that is not good for sound. My simple understanding is that a cheap ups will do more harm than good.

[qwerter]

I suspected that was the case. Thanks for your replies,

[firedog]

UPS may cause issues because some of them creates a sine wave that is not good for sound. My simple understanding is that a cheap ups will do more harm than good.

 

Most inexpensive UPS create electricity by square waves/  That is what you don't want. Actually a UPS designed for audio equipment would put out sine waves.

[Jventer]

Thanks firedog

[Demondes]

I use a cheap APC UPS just for my NAS box.  This is to protect the music files and other data in case of power outage, and to shutdown the NAS gracefully.

 

I would not see any benefit connecting to the music source/player eg Mac Mini in my case.  As pointed out by previous posters it may in fact have a negative impact, but definitely no positive benefits on sound. IMHO