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

Showing 1 response by drummermitchell

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