And no, I would not consider a vintage tube guitar amp to be high end audiophile. Not audiophile at all. Emphasis was different (POWER), and distortion tended to be high. But still should benefit from HG.
Audiophile Receptacle question
Hey guys. So I'm about to convert my garage to a home studio/listening room. Amongst other things I plan to get at least 4 new receptacles isolated to the breaker. I'm looking at Furutech and Synergistic Research -Tesla Plex. I'm hoping to get good results with my equipment. But I was wondering if receptacles like these would provide any improvement on say my guitar amps? I also am a musician, as well as a professional music listener lol. Would love to get some input from others on this. I know these things are targeted for high end equipment, but would a vintage guitar tube amp not be considered high end of audiophile? It would be awesome if they made a sonic difference when I'm recording my music. Thanks
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I'm a GC and I've been kicking around the idea of building a sound room above the garage. I don't know anything about room treatments (yet) or what receptacles to choose but, if you have room in your main panel or sub-panel, I would have the electrician set a separate 15 amp breaker for your lights and, a dedicated 15 or 20 amp breaker for your hi fi receptacles only (I assume your garage has existing receptacles for general use?). Ask for a double-gang box termination (4 receptacles). You can use 12/3 or 14/3 Romex. The braided 4-wire is for 220v ranges & dryers. It's braided because if it were solid you couldn't pull it through studs and joists. Canceling EMI wasn't really a consideration although it may work. Just a big cost for a "maybe" IMO. You can pull your ethernet cable to the next stud bay over from the receptacles in case you ever want a hardwired streamer. I would also put a 1 inch conduit from the top plate to the receptacle height just in case you want to bring another wire in in the future. Just my 2 cents |
I've found that Hubbell hospital grade outlets are all that I need, but I have to confess that our local utility delivers an excellent product and my house wiring seems up to snuff.. Perhaps others with a questionable quality power source might benefit from some of the more "exotic" (and expensive) offerings that are available, but the hospital grade Hubbell's suit my system well. Cheers, Al |
You can use 12/3 or 14/3 Romex. The braided 4-wire is for 220v ranges & dryers. It’s braided because if it were solid you couldn’t pull it through studs and joists. Canceling EMI wasn’t really a consideration although it may work.It’s not braided. Some 3 wire + ground has a spiral its entire length. I have seen some that is flat.If using NM-B (Romex is a Trade Name) for best practices use 2 wire with ground. If shielding is desired use 2 wire with insulated ground MC aluminum armor cable. 3 wire with ground (4 conductors) is not recommended be it Romex or MC cable. Read pages 31 through 36 https://centralindianaaes.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/indy-aes-2012-seminar-w-notes-v1-0.pdf |
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