I use a 30 amp dedicated circuit. It is in my ex-laundry room, which now is my equipment room. The speaker wire runs through the wall behind this stuff. The transformers in my amps can draw 2000 watts, so a standard 15 amp circuit is out of the question, and a 20 amp dining room, kitchen, garage, washer, is not enough. If your amps have small caps and/or do not have regulated power supplies, a power conditioner can emulate such for your system. My amps have 16 26000 mf caps (4 per channel, bi-amped), with the 4 500 watt trannies, plus a chip regulated supply, so it is not an issue.
i just want everyone to know..........
i had gone back and forth and heard the pro’s and con’s of a power conditioner. even talking to many manufacturers and some one high up at shunyata that sells them, and he told me if you just get a dedicated outlet that’s all you really need.. and that is what I had. lighting hit my box the other day and since I leave my amp on 24/7 I was advised to get a good power strip. it made sense, so I purchased the furman pst 8 for $94, for immediate protection. right out of the box did it change my system characteristics, better detail, better dynamics, better sound stage/image, better everything. I immediately ordered another one for my wifes system. it has a coax for the cable, don’t see much difference there. its big, solid and seems well built, please look into this at this price point, just trying to inform the masses......