Dedicated power circuits... Huge improvement!!!


One would think spending money on dedicated lines to your audio gear is foolish and the last thing you want to spend money on but I would recommend it to be first inline. Sure it’s easy to purchase cables and whatever else imaginable and I’m certainly in the same league. But what I can say is after chasing what’s going to make a difference, I found you have to start with the source. If your gear isn’t happy with a good feed, you’ll never notice any other changes you make(at least to a lesser degree). I just had an electrician run 2 dedicated circuits with solid copper awg10 and I connect it to Maestro outlets and initially I thought it was a waste of money. Well, it took about an hour before the new circuits started to settle in and that’s when the magic started to happen. There was more separation between the instruments, everything sounded more real and lifelike and dynamic. It appeared as though the overall volume was a bit less but really what I heard is less background “hash” which makes for a more enjoyable listening experience. Certain instruments have more attack and separation. Bass is tighter and seems to dig a bit deeper. I know this sounds crazy but I think my amp is now very happy with a good solid power source and now I think changing cables may make more of a difference.

Rick
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Sharing my experience:
Hired an electrician to run 4 dedicated "homerun" circuits. My Levinson 39 and 331 are each plugged directly into separate circuits, per manufacturer. Both 39 and 331 have built-in protection, it is claimed. The remaining 2 homerun circuits are each dedicated to a large surge protection device. Which the rest of my equipment (those without built-in protection) are connected.

Above investment was based on good science, and a bit from personal experience. Before this installation, with my rig plugged into non-dedicated circuits, I heard noise when same circuit is shared with another appliance. Today, it is total silence in between music. But does latter sound better? Can't prove that, but it sure feels good to align with science.