dedicated line: 10AWG stranded or 2 solid cores?

I have tried both Romex and Analysis Plus running from an Isoclean dedicated panel to the outlets. There is definitely a difference in sound. My belief is that the amount of difference is based on the overall combination of system components. That may also mean that there are multiple ways to achieve the same result.

Stenersr,
So you liked Analysis Plus better than Romex? Is the former stranded?

In some respects yes...it is a little bit more difuse or less edgy than Romex. That is the impression before either of them are broken in.

But then again, some equipment benefits from that characteristic and others do not need it. This required a little more thought into where I wanted AP capble vs Romex pulled. To have some flexibility, there was an AP cable run to one of the dual gang box and Romex run to the other.

Lewinskih01,

Thanks very much.

I am not an electrician, so I couldn't tell you if the conduit is connected to ground or not - I do know that the conduit runs to metal outlet boxes (not the plastic type) and I do use isolated ground outlets.

I don't why it was so, but I prefer the 10 guage solid core Romex to the ten guage stranded Carol(water proof) wires that I had been using.

I had a couple of dedicated lines using the carol, an elctrician/audio friend suggested to use the solid core wire so I did just one line this way so I could compare.

Regardless of what gear was on what cable(Iswitched back and forth, source on solid, amps on strand and then switched to source on stranded etc)the solid core had the edge in not being edgy at all but in speed and clarity.

The stranded was dull and slow in comparison.