Best place to live for good quality power

A long time ago Stan Warren told me the best power he's experienced comes from living near a dam used for hydroelectric power. As long as there's water...

All the best,
Nonoise

I wonder how the use of smart meters impacts our power source. Unlike the old analog meters, new smart meters may not provide any surge protection and send out radio signals to the provider to measure usage multiple times per day. The radio signals may also travel through your entire electrical system. Some people have reported health issues related to the use of smart meters. I don’t know how clean my power is but I have two sub panels between my audio system and the main panel/meter.

This has little to do with what town or city you live in.

Living in a congested apartment complex in any town or city is pretty much a dead end. But, a stand-alone house with 2 dedicated lines installed (one for digital components and the other for analog components) is a pretty good start. Ditch the trash romex and spend a li’l more on the wire for those 2 dedicated lines before the electrician comes over. After that, the right type of conditioners (Audioquest Niagara and a couple of others come to mind) will do the trick.

deep_333 is spot on. Run at least one dedicated 10 awg line with shielded wire or use metal conduit to shield the wires from point to point. You rarely, if ever, see conduit in home construction. This topic is definitely something to think about if you’re building or remodeling your home. Don’t forget about running network cables.

I live in a rural area. It's free of penguins, so far but perhaps the Polar Vortex will change this.

Each home in this neighborhood of large parcels has its own transformer and the nearest sub-station is about a 15 minute walk. Line from pole to house is buried underground, for whatever that's worth. 

The gear I had prior to moving to present location was mid-fi so I can't compare. What I can say is that a dealer/friend brought over one of PSA's top-tier regenerators over here and was quite surprised to hear no audible improvement, whatsoever. 

On the other hand, we have the misfortune to be PG&E customers. They fail to adequately maintain their infrastructure, which results in wildfires. Paradise was levelled and our town came within a few hundred yards of suffering the same fate last year. If your only power concern is its effect on your audio system, count your blessings!