Single plug dedicated circuit?

I think what gets me with the Audiophile/power discussion is that it wants to go everywhere all at once with no single principle to adhere to.

The ideal AC circuit:

• Does not waver in voltage
• Is free of noise
• Is a perfect 60 Hz signal

The problem is that the power coming in from the transformer and the demands of your home and the homes around you are noisy. OK, I get it. But the last thing you want is a wide-band perfect conductor. Ideally you want filters that remove as much noise as possible and some way to keep the voltage stable regardless of the load.

Well, you can’t have stable power because the incoming voltages are always fluctuating. A giant gauge wire will reduce the sag during musical playback but it can’t do a thing to change what he power company sends you.

@erik_squires  , as I have stated and will continue to repeat, my grasp of electrical and electronics is limited.  This is the thread that got me thinking along those lines.  (With my limited ability to understand, I cannot help but think that a separate service for the audio system would isolate it from everything else in the house.)

My opinion:

• Make sure your ground is in good working order.
• Run a sub panel from your main panel. This will give you big thick wires and minimal voltage drop due to load.
• Use a voltage regulator in your audio room. This will minimize the effects of the outside voltages swinging due to power company fluctuations as well as other household loads like the oven, AC, etc. and it will add some amount of inherent noise blocking due to inductance of the autoformer.
• Use RF/EMI blocking conditioners for all of your sources. Furman with LiFT/SMP or Zerosurge, all have excellent low frequency (relative) noise filtering.

I say this not just from listening, but from watching my home VAC swing no matter where I live.  By far the largest measurable improvements have come from the voltage regulator.

@erik_squires  , I respect your stated opinion and you will get no argument from me, as I don't have enough understanding of the subject matter to argue about it (which is another way of saying that I am clueless).  And I do recall a thread I started related to this subject in which you & I did discuss the Furman, and that was informative (for me).