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Power conditioner or outlet?

I have a Shunyata MPC-12a power conditioner. Read that it was a good choice for audio equipment so I bought it. I also have high end power cords to all my equipment, as well as to my Shunyata.

I have recently read comments from listeners that you should plug your amp/preamp straight into the wall. Is that the case if you have a good power conditioner? I will do so if it is a better option, just concerned about no surge protection for the amps...but also don't want degraded sound! I am asking this because I am a newbie at all this, more money than audio sense. I am interested if anyone might have any experience in this
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easola01 OP
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Tastyfreeze....so power amp in wall outlet. How about preamp?

Everything else in power conditioner
brayeagle
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I had a licensed electrician install a sub panel from the main circuit breaker panel, run a separate 20 amp circuit for the amplifier,  a 15 amp circuit for the preamp, DAC, CD spinner and FM tuner, and another 15 amp circuit for the amplifier/ power supply for my Stax headphones. 

Just a thought
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easola01 OP
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Brayeagle....too late, already installed dedicated circuit with 4 outlets. I think that should be a pretty good improvement, but I do like your method!
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hoghead1
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I have and have had a isolation transformer. I plug every thing into it, so there is no possibility of any noise, hash, generator or lighting noise getting into my system and there is an audible difference in the sound, even my friends have said they can hear a subtle difference, a lowering of the noise floor if you wish. The transformer just has to have the the capacity to handle all of you equipments power needs (volts times amps). The one I have right now is 2.5kVA, so 2,500 watts divided by about 120 vac gives me about 8.33 amps. My equipment total is less than 4 amps at most, so I should have no issues with it. You can get them on Ebay for a modest price.
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