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UPgradeing dedicated line components

Six months ago I installed 3 dedicated lines for audio. One to amp, one to preamp, and one to digital. I used standard solid core 10ga romex for amp and 12 ga otherwise. I have a Square D box with distance to outlets not more than 20'. Used hospital grade outlets, however inexpensive ones.

I seek input on value of:
1) Upgrading the breakers in the square D box.
2) Replacing the romex for 10ga stranded cable for all lines.
3) Upgrading the outlets to PS audio or something of ~equal value.

Thanks in advance for any thoughts. Mike
mesch
ptss
1,964 posts
 
Your options will provide inconsequential improvements.
Consider isolation for your preamp and then digital and then amp. Digital hash plays havoc with sensitive amplification. Even fairly modest older MIT Z Stabilizer 2 (plugged in parallel) will likely improve your sound quite dramatically.
mesch OP
3,523 posts
 
Very much appreciate the exchange between Lacee and Zephyr. I now have a focus on room 'tuning' .

Ptss, I have considered power conditioning for pre and digital. Currently using a Monster cable conditioner for digital. (DAC and DVP) Keeping digital isolated.
russe41
95 posts
 
Why not install a small reactor in the basement and eliminate the 6 million feet of feed line, bad connection , inline service fuses , noisy transformers and years of oxidation. Ground it properly and use quality outlets that have a firm grip on your outlet and treat the room and spend the hundreds you save on music......
lacee
811 posts
 
If such a reactor based system made the music sound better then I'm in favour of it.
It's all about the music afterall.

Just respect the music by doing all you can to reproduce as much of it as is possible.

What good is ten thousand lps' when all you can hear is 10% of the music that's in them?

That's just as absurd in my book.
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