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July 1, 2007 08:10 PM

Categories: Amps & Power Management

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BrandonC

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A year or so back, I had a decision to make.
Here was the deal.

I run 3 Amplifiers and 1 pre-amp on my home theater. I was worried about the power source that these required, how clean it was and if it had any problems.

To make a long story short, I had a few $$ and was considering a Power Center type of device. 

But instead of going with that, I decided that with this much amp'age requirement that I would probably be better off with a dedicated power source.

What this meant to me was an outlet in the wall, that I plugged my Amps and Pre-amps into, that was wired directly to my fuse/breaker box.

So  I had that installed, instead of buying a power conditioner. 

There are no other electrical devices hooked to this source. They have their own direct connect to the  breaker box.

So, I have these powered up, using a surge protector, of course, but now a year or two later, would I benefit from a power conditioner in this scenario or do you think they are probably good enough?

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July 3, 2007 3:46 PM

Absolutely. Power conditioning removes line noise, EMI, RFI, and all kinds of gunk in the power line that can degrade performance. Running a seperate breaker line doesn't get rid of all that kind of stuff.

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July 3, 2007 7:34 PM

Humm, I though that a direct connect to the breaker box would eliminate the power line noise. Since it not competeting with anything else, being connected directly to to the fuse box on it's own circuit. So I take it it doesn't.

Have to think this own through. I could put a "conditioner" between the recepticle and the amp(s) or at the breaker box itself.

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July 9, 2007 1:21 PM

I'd go with putting one at the breaker box itself.

July 10, 2007 11:07 AM

Provided you only plug the amplifier into the circuit, and nothing else, then putting it at the breaker is probably fine. Though if you're going to plug in other gear, PowerCenter will eliminate noise created and spread between devices. Nothing I know of will elimanate this type of noise and interference at the breaker.

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