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Am I limiting current to my amps and sub?

I have the panamax 5400 as a line conditioner for all my gear. Am I "limiting" current to my amps, I.E are my amps starving when I crank it by using this Panamax?

If I bought a high end Surge Suppressor and plugged my amps into it then to the wall, would the amps still be starved?

The reason why I ask is because the sales guys said I was limiting current and I should buy the furman line conditioner as it doesn't limit the current, but supplies current for better loud dynamics.

I just want to bounce that off you guys to see if I was sold on something that I don't really need. I have 30 days to return it.

What I came home with:
http://www.furmansound.com/product.php?div=02&id=ELITE-15PFi

What I have:
http://www.panamax.com/PDF/Datasheets/M5400EX_L550A.pdf

Gear:
3x McIntosh MC501 ( three 500W monoblocks)
Rotel 1098 (1KW amp, 200W x 5ch)
Paradigm Signature Servo 15 subwoofer
(above components are plugged into a regular power strip that goes into the "AMP" outlets of panamax)

Pioneer Elite PRO111FD TV
McIntosh C500t pre-amp
Classe SSP600 Processor
Audio Research DAC7
Pioneer BDP-09FD
Marantz DV9500 Universal Disk Player (SACD)
Motorola Cable Box
15AMP Breaker
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magfan
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Sounds like 'K' is on track here.
I have a Panamax 5510 w/iso trans and use only low current stuff with it.
My amp/sub, both 'd' amps, have there own circuit thru a PSAudio Soloist outlet.
One thing, though, and maybe not so minor. Just using your Rotel as an example, the 8.3 amps is NOT including the fact that the Rotel is probably only about 50% efficient. So, to get a KW out, you have to put a bunch more IN. The rest? Heat and PowerFactor losses.
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