Amp straight into the wall

@ghdprentice and everyone else.Update on bypassing power conditioner. Without a doubt the most drastic improvement in sound quality I’ve experienced in the last few years. The difference is literally like night and day, feeling pretty silly not trying this sooner. Using a Cullen cable into a hospital grade IG receptacle. Think when I get some free time I’ll run another home run back to the panel using number 10 wire ( using 12 currently) I was skeptical of that but I may have been converted by this . Thanks everyone on the thread for the advice.

@bikeboy52 Thanks for the update and congratulations.

If you have a short run from the panel, 12 gauge is fine. If long, then 10 gauge.

As for aftermarket power cables...I would not lock in on one. Try a few out. There can be notable differences.

My NAD home theater receiver bricked after a year, and the repair shop blamed the power conditioner.  I then used the unit again without a power conditioner, but it bricked again.

I need to plug everything into a power strip (Niagara 1200) due to the lack of outlets near my rack. I plug my amps (speakers and headphones) into the high current outlets of the Niagara. There is a severe decrease in dynamics when you use the filtered outlets with the speaker amp (Class A 30w/8ohms), but not so much with the headphones amp. 

OP,

👍

Really glad to hear it. It is great when something works to improve your sound.