Thank you all, that helps a lot. I understand now that people's situations vary and that sometimes a power conditioner may improve things and sometimes not, and that experimentation is key. Also everyone agrees that dedicated lines are the way to go.
So that leads me to another question. Although I would love to have a dedicated line for each piece of gear a la Albertporter, (FOURTEEN!!!) that isn't feasible right now. At the moment I've got only one with a dual outlet on it. I am in a private home, so let's assume for now (until I have time to experiment with a conditioner) that the power is sufficiently clean and not in need of a conditioner. What is the best way to use this one outlet? E.g. all the stereo gear branched off of that via a power strip? Or say just the one component that is most in need of clean power (amplifier perhaps?) so that it's isolated from the other components? (leaving the rest of the gear to "dirty" outlets).
So that leads me to another question. Although I would love to have a dedicated line for each piece of gear a la Albertporter, (FOURTEEN!!!) that isn't feasible right now. At the moment I've got only one with a dual outlet on it. I am in a private home, so let's assume for now (until I have time to experiment with a conditioner) that the power is sufficiently clean and not in need of a conditioner. What is the best way to use this one outlet? E.g. all the stereo gear branched off of that via a power strip? Or say just the one component that is most in need of clean power (amplifier perhaps?) so that it's isolated from the other components? (leaving the rest of the gear to "dirty" outlets).