New Dedicated Line - Almost No improvement
Hello,
Newbie here and electrical idiot. Just moved to a new to us house in Tampa. Before we moved in I had an electrician put in a dedicated line (has it's own breaker switch) which is 10 gauge and two Furutech GTX-D outlets - Rhodium.
When I hooked up the EMI meter in my old house, which didn't have a dedicated line, the reading was usually around 26 or so IIRC. At the new house the outlets are 89 usually and the dedicated line is usually around 82 - so not much help for the cost of the "project" and pretty noisy.
Also, when the ac /hvac is running the meter reads about 100 points higher (!) for both the regular outlets and the dedicated Furutechs. Not good.
Thoughts? Does the dedicated line need it's own breaker box?
I'm also considering a line conditioner but wanted to see what could be done here. Thanks.
Laynes- I fail to understand what in your post is the actual SQ problem? Your PL has noise suppression circuitry. As mentioned, a good piece of equipment with adequate power supply is really all that's needed. You have the dedicated line, which is a good move. If you're bent on having more audiophool stuff, there's AC regen or Audioquest Niagqra PLC's. Both get favorable reviews. PL HP user/PS Audio PP. The PL is good enough to not need any of that stuff, but alas, this is the hobby. |
In some cases things like a dedicated line ends up being more of an Insurance policy for best performance than otherwise and one might never accrue any concrete benefit. That appeals to many Audiophile types that are always on the lookout for whatever they think they might be missing. The benefits of a dedicated line is more and cleaner power and current. How much that actually matters will vary case by case. Depending mainly on relative noise levels otherwise and does that even matter with the specific gear in play and how much current an amp must draw to function optimally. That’s about it.
Insurance policies may be beneficial for peace of mind alone if nothing else. YMMV. Other than additional cost, a dedicated line done well should never hurt. |
+1 @mijostyn with unlimited product price target I can design power module for pre/amp/etc to take care of all possible AC power supply issues affecting SQ |
If you need to add an additional breaker box make sure your dedicated lines (hopefully you will be adding one for your amp) are wired into the same box… otherwise this may cause a ground loop. I’ll leave the details of wiring to others. Only, they make a difference… both.
On the spousal acceptance factor. This is definitely something to consider. Personally I would rather put my system in a small room that I control versus a big communal room. Treatments and careful choices can make a system sound amazing in a large closet… but a really expensive system can end up sounding not so good when placement is compromised and treatments (especially something like lots of windows) cannot be installed.
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