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Power conditioning for multiple dedicated circuits

I have been looking through the discussions and cannot find specifics on how people condition a dedicated circuit. I ran 4 new lines to my music room. There are two wall receptacles where I removed the tab on each to have each outlet on the duplex a dedicated circuit. I have my amp, preamp and phono stage plugged into 3 and a monster power center plugged into the 4th to cover all other items(subwoofer, DAC, streamer, turntable power supply).

All the conditioners I am finding are similar in design to my Monster where there are 8+ outlets. Are there any single outlet models for my application or would I need to allow space to stack up multiple units only utilizing one from each?
dhite71
erik_squires
16,060 posts
 
Richard Gray's power stations were resonant filter tanks, widely available for 110 VAC but I'm sure they made at least 1 version that was 220 to 110.

I believe Equitech makes a number of suitable models today.
speakermaster
738 posts
 
There are a lot of companies that offer multiple types and sizes of conditioners from single to 16 outlets on a single conditioner, but i would look at audio magic for a whole system conditioner for at least your front end components because it will way outperform the monster power.
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audioman58
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If using a dedicated line I found out 2 things from a Audiophile electrician silver 20 amp contacts can be ordered as well as 40 
industrial , and use 4 wire  awg 10 that is what I have 2 grounds,one common ,the other a insulated isolated ground.
and outlets heavy duty copper, gold plated outlets I found the Pangea outlets at $50 each a true bargain ,
and Puritan makes a much better line conditioner then most ,Audio archon sells them ,night and day better then this plain Torroidal  type so called line conditioners ,I had  the top 1800 ultra
from Underwood  the AQniagra 3000 much better ,and the Puritan 
much better still but more $$ also .
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kingsleuy
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If I understand your hookup, should you pull 15 amps on each outlet, there will be 30 amps flowing thru that Long Single neutral wire. 
Or, say pulling 5 amps on circuit 1 and 20 amps on circuit 2.  The 20 audio modulating amps on that long neutral line will reflect a voltage drop that is shared with circuit 1.
I would also remove the neutral gang tab off of the outlet and install that 2nd neutral wire.  I paid for it.  It's there.  Use it.
dhite71 OP
318 posts
 
@kingsleuy  I used 12/3 Romex.  There is not a 2nd neutral wire.

Using Amps = Watts/Volts

On one of the receptacles there is my main amp(max 500 watts) and the preamp(max 130 watts).  This comes out to 5.3 amps.
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