As far as Wattgate vs Hubbell vs hospital outlets vs cryoed vs non cryoed... and all the other tweaky things: hard to tell the sonic differences, (for me) but the fundemental improvement in my sound comes from the combined effort of all these tweaks. I cannot hear the difference, most of the time, of a singular outlet, but change all the outlets back to regular?-- and the like, I think the differences become, though subtle, more noticable.
Looking for dedicated power line advice.
I've read just about everything I can find on running dedicated power lines. I met with a good electrician and he is going to run a dedicated line from the main panel to a 6 breaker subpanel with 6 20amp lines to my system. I have lots of questions. Here are a few:
(1) Should all 6 outputs be in the same phase? I've read conflicting opinions. In one of Jonathan Scull's Stereophile "Fine Tunes" columns he suggests that the AC output to a pair of monoblocks should be out of phase. This way noise will cancel out.
(2) Is it worth it to use Wattgate outlets ($150/ea) and will there be audible differences from Hubbel or Marinco or Leviton which would be MUCH cheaper?
(3) Is it worth it to use JPS Labs in-wall cable at $18/ft? Would Virtual Dynamics cable at $6/ft sound as good?? What about much cheaper Romex??
I figure I'm only going to do this once......but I hate dropping a ton of cash unless there is going to be an audible difference.
Thanks for the help!!!
(1) Should all 6 outputs be in the same phase? I've read conflicting opinions. In one of Jonathan Scull's Stereophile "Fine Tunes" columns he suggests that the AC output to a pair of monoblocks should be out of phase. This way noise will cancel out.
(2) Is it worth it to use Wattgate outlets ($150/ea) and will there be audible differences from Hubbel or Marinco or Leviton which would be MUCH cheaper?
(3) Is it worth it to use JPS Labs in-wall cable at $18/ft? Would Virtual Dynamics cable at $6/ft sound as good?? What about much cheaper Romex??
I figure I'm only going to do this once......but I hate dropping a ton of cash unless there is going to be an audible difference.
Thanks for the help!!!