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The Panamax MAX® 5300 offers the same amazing $5,000,000 Connected Equipment Protection Policy and three year warranty as other high-end MAX® components. This is one of the best warranties in the industry and provides consumers with the confidence they need to maximize performance while protecting their equipment. The build quality of the MAX® 5300 is impressive with a heavy feel and attractive look. The front panel appears very similar to the MAX® 5500, but with only one analog Volt meter and no Ammeter. The Volt meter monitors the line voltage and has a pleasant adjustable (optional off) orange/amber backlight. Status indicators are provided for Switched Outlets, Voltage Trigger, Ground OK, Line Fault, and Unsafe Voltage conditions. The top of the chassis has a schematic diagram detailing each of the filter blocks, relays and connections on the back of the unit, which comes in handy when connecting components. Panamax has also placed a single outlet on the right side of the front panel for quick power needs. This is a great idea and we used this numerous times for powering devices such as camcorders and other temporary components.
The SurgeGate Plus™ circuitry protects components connected to the MAX® 5300 by preventing any of the outlets from getting voltage outside the 90V to 134V range for an extended period of time. Protection is also provided between Line/Neutral, Neutral/Ground and Line/Ground. Using their SignalPerfect™ Technology, Panamax uses gold-plated F-connectors to protect cable television as well as DirecTV and Dish Network satellite systems. Cable TV (including terrestrial HDTV) operates in the 50MHz to 950MHz range. The clamping threshold for cable inputs is set at 0.7V, well above the level of the modulated video signal. The pass-through bandwidth for the satellite inputs range from 950MHz to 2.2GHz with a loss of less than 1dB in signal level. The clamping circuitry for the satellite inputs is set at 27V to handle the 13 and 18 volt control voltages used for the LNB. Finally, a protected phone line (RJ-11) connection is also provided on the MAX® 5300 for Digital Satellite boxes. We always like to see a detachable power cord and Panamax has provided this to its customers. The MAX® 5300 has a 12VDC trigger input and output for remote triggering from a master controller. We used our Parasound AVC-2500u Preamp/processor to control the triggering of the MAX® 5300 and it worked perfectly. This feature makes turning on the system simple while still protecting your valuable electronics.
Panamax has once again come out with a MAX® product that meets the needs of the vast majority of A/V enthusiasts. The MAX® 5300 focuses on high performance power conditioning and voltage protection while keeping the cost low enough for most serious consumers to include in their system budget. Panamax products continue to protect and condition the power in our system and we can confidently say the performance and reliability of the MAX® 5300 has been excellent. - Kevin Nakano | | |||
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Today's
home theater systems are more than ever dependent on clean power for running their
audio and video components. Power strips offer a simple solution, but they don't
protect components from the many dangers that exist from the incoming power or
from serious noise that can affect the performance of the equipment. In fact,
some components due to the nature of their design actually pollute the main power
line resulting in noise on both the audio and video signals. The Panamax MAX®
product line solves many of these problems by providing isolated filter banks
that not only filter out line noise, but also protect the component from potentially
dangerous transients. The new MAX® 5300 offers many of the features of the MAX®
5500 ACRegenerator™, yet comes in at half the price. While it lacks the toroidal
isolation transformer offered in the MAX® 5500, the MAX® 5300 has inherited all
the other benefits, resulting in an excellent product.
