Recommendations for 20 amp electrical outlets

@dbt 

Thanks for that.

One of my best friends is a master electrician who’s finishing the wiring on my new house in a few weeks (I hope, I hope, I hope) and I ran an aluminum sheathed 10 AWG line from the new breaker box to my audio room/man cave ending in an Oyaide R0 (non-plated copper) 20A outlet.

I told him how I wanted a single, independent circuit and he said “well, it’s all on the same ground.”

And “ground” and neutral are at the same impedance level as they’re connected.

 DOH!

That got me rethinking some of the posts I’ve read here and around the web regarding “a separate line into my audio room” and rereading some of the stuff I’ve got on grounding.

https://esgrounding.com/blog/bonding-neutral-and-ground-at-main-panel

I DO USE a power conditioner (Running Springs Audio DUKE) though and believe it makes a difference taking out the hair dryer/HVAC transients/DC line noise. 

A person could have a 2nd service, meter and panel installed that would serve their audio equipment only. No appliance and / or motor noise since wirings would be entirely separate.

dbt

I went through about a 9 month comparison with high end receptacles, and in the end there are 4 I can recommend:

(1) Furutech GTX-D (G) - Gold plated and my favorite receptacle

(2) Oyaide R-1 - Gold plated, really close to the GTX-D (G).....am installing both in my new audio room

(3) Furutech GTX-D (R) - Rhodium plated, was too detailed for me; but I can see it being the favorite for anyone wanting to boost detail......takes a LONG time to break it

(4) ACME Audio Labs - Silver plated with CFC coating. Excellent performer for the money, better than Hubbell and hospital grade for me.....1/3 the price of the Furutech and Oyaide, great for budget option