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Is it ok for tube amp directly to the outlet?

Hi,

Do you think it's better to plug my tube amp directly to outlets rather than going through power conditioner? Can a power surge damage my tubes or amps?

I plug my Cary 805AE in the power conditioner now, but I want to try them without power conditioner to see if I can get better sound in term of dynamic. Do most of you using power conditioner for your tube amps?

Thanks!
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Actually, I have a 80A line from the main panel to the subpanel and from the subpanel to 4 outlets in the room. All the gound lines from the outlets go to subpanel ground and the subpanel ground to the house's main ground.

Is the subpanel's ground line should be separate from the house's ground line and is this dangeous, violate the city's code if I separating them?

If subpanel ground shares with house's main gournd, is this called dedicated line or are they must be separate ground lines?

Thanks!
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