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How many dedicated lines are enough?

Until a day ago I thought two dedicated lines with 30 amp breakers, 10 guage solid core Romex was all I needed, plus a couple of Shunyata power conditioners and power cords and a few HiFI supreme fuses.

I isolate my Depth sub and Audio Aero cd player on a separate dedicated line with both plugged into a Hydra two.

The turntable, Pre/phono nand tiny 2 watt power amp were plugged into a Hydra 8 on the other line,same phase of the panel of course.

Just for something to try ,I set up a third dedicated line ,this time with a 20 amp breaker, same Romex for my 2 watt power amp.
The amp has a HiFi Supreme fuse and old vintage RCA rectifier, but other than that it's stock.The amp uses a Shunyata Annaconda Helix power cord and it's plugged into a Shunyata Venom recptacle at the end of the dedicated line.

The results were more than positive, perhaps just getting the amp out of the power conditioner, hydra 8 was the answer.I used to think the amp sounded better in the Hydra 2,but since we're only dealing with 2 watts I didn't think that there would be much difference, so my plan was to filter and isolate the CD player the way that I did and plug the amp into the Hydra 8, keeping it all analog.

I am curious if others have had similar results using numerous dedicated lines and further isolating the components?

So far for me,the cd player needs to be on it's own line,then the amp, and then a third line for everythingelse seems to be the best solution.

I did try everything plugged into the Hydra 8 on one dedicated line and didn't like it .
lacee
magfan
1,583 posts
 
I made do with a single additional line for amp / sub.

The other gear is plugged in thru a power conditioner with several banks of dedicated outlets, including the digital gear thru a 400va iso transformer.
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tom6897
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Levy03 give me a call,

I just put in 10 dedicated lines myself. Got the directions off of that internet....Wait what was that noise????..... I smell smoke!!!! Gotta Run! :>)
lissnr
365 posts
 
I agree with the general idea of "The more, the better". It's now common knowledge that you'll be separating digital from the rest but as others here have mentioned, giving amps their own line separate from pre-amp and other components allows high-current demands to have their own "Source-way" without interfering with all else. Also like some others I managed to create a separate sub-panel for audio use only where I have a total of 7 dedicated 20 amp lines for all audio equipment plus an additional 3 dedicated 15 amp lines for lighting, HVAC,ceiling fans, etc...anything not "component active". Plenty of fresh, clean power is always a good thing, of course! Good luck with your system.
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drummermitchell
262 posts
 
As some have said,definately can't have enough.
I started with one 240v dedicated with 4X15a dedicated lines
running thru a sub panel.
Now I have added another 240 dedicated plus a dedicated 20a line for my sub.
Now I think I need another dedicated 20a for the otherside of the room.
Both 240 lines feed my Torus(s)60a+20a.60a in the front sidewall and the 20a in the back wall with the subpanel.
Didn't think I'd need more than 10 outlets on the Torus,
but I did.
If you ever imagine having more gear than you do now,then I'd definately make room for more dedicated lines cause you
never know
eniac26
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Hrrmm, three dedicated lines? I thought I was good to go with two dedicated 20amp lines. One for front end only and the other for just the Amp. I guess I never considered further subdividing the current config. Damn, always one step behind I am.

My only problem with putting in another line is that I think my setup sounds better when plugged into my two pricey power conditioners. This new configuration would force me to purchase a third pricy power conditioner and cord to go with it.

For those who went from 2 lines to 3 or more, would you say there was $4k worth of benefit gained in SQ while doing so?
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