Single plug dedicated circuit?

Well… maybe I am missing something. But a dedicated circuit is just that… no additional outlets… that is the point. Now, it is terminated in a duplex receptacle… and you can choose to only use one of the outlets.

I have two dedicated lines… one which has my power conditioner plugged in (with all my non-amp audio equipment), and one for my amp. In the first case I use my mono blocks sometime and use both outlets and sometimes I use my stereo amp and only use one outlet.

But the point of a dedicated line is that, first, there are no other outlets connected to it that might add noise (think about a hair drier), and second the circuit does not wander all over the house acting like an antenna picking up noise.

So the only thing of real value here is a 10 gauge wire to ensure there's plenty of unimpeded impulse power for all the frequency demands. Even if you run a hair dryer it's still gonna spread throughout the panel and contaminate component. Maybe a sub panel would be a lot better. Or maybe buying a new dog as long as he doesn't bark all the time.

As you stated, a dedicated line can be contaminated at the service panel even if it’s on a different leg than other AC devices. The problem with a subpanel is that it’s tapped off the main panel. The ultimate subpanel would have it’s own line run from outside and its own ground. But that wouldn't be Kosher. 

+1 fuzztone

+1 lowrider57

The ultimate subpanel would have it’s own line run from outside and its own ground. But that wouldn’t be Kosher.

What with all the dedicated circuit threads and with what I have been recently doing with my own, I was thinking that the ultimate & best would be to have a separate service (meter, panel, etc.) put in for just the listening room. This will not happen for me in this life time.

@emergingsoul , up until quite recently I was running three dedicated circuits for my system (which is currently four pieces). I had read a couple of threads here on A’Gon suggesting that one circuit was actually a better way to achieve the desired sonic result, so about a week ago I put everything on one duplex and turned the other two breakers off. (All three are on the same leg; that leg has one other breaker on it from a previous set of dedicated lines I ran, and it is currently unused and off; that leg also has the washing machine on it, which is never in use when I listen.)

I was not predisposed to thinking one would sound better than the other, although I was hoping I would like the sound of three lines better, seeing as how I had recently added three more dedicated lines. To begin with, I did not hear much, if any, difference (that is the way my ears/hearing works and why I hate doing A/B comparisons); however I felt that with only one line vocals sounded a tad softer and rounder and there was a bit more sparkle to the existing sparkle (and I am not using ’sparkle’ in a derogatory way). But after more sessions, I truly believe I am finding my listening experiences to be more enjoyable now. As an example, last night I put on the MFSL SACD "Pearl" (Janis Joplin) which has never done much at all for me. Besides "Me & Bobby McGee" there isn’t much that has really grabbed me, and I always thought of it as a rather flat & wooden sounding recording, and if my oldest sister hadn’t bought the LP when it came out, I probably wouldn’t own the two digital remasters of it that I do own. Last night it was blowing me away with the amount of detail I was picking up within a sound stage that I had never heard being that big before.

Anyway, I digress and I am sorry for the "Pearl" side story I went off on, as there could be other factors that contributed to that revelation. And back to the 1 vs multiple dedicated lines, it must be noted that the was I routed my latest three lines was not to the specifications that Jea has previously listed. I can remedy that, but for now, it is feeling like a project I don’t quite have the energy for yet. Therefore, I am (for now) sticking to just one of my three lines.

Oh well . . . ramble on. . . .