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Best Upgrade I've ever made

Like many I've been upgrading components over time. In the last year I've upgraded from Thiel 3.6s to Revel Ultima Salons, from a Krell KSA200s to a FPB300cx, from a SF Line 3 to an Ayre K1xe, and recently from a Sony XA777es to an Ayre C5xe. The sound kept getting better and better. But yesterday I installed three dedicated circuits in my house, one for the amp, one for the preamp, and one for the CD player. All other components are on the shared normal circuits in the house. The stereo now sounds like I've upgraded everything once more. Dynamics are better and most noticably the bottom has fallen out of the system noise. Hum and grung on the very bottom few dbs are gone.
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beemer
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Congratulations! There's nothing like dedicated lines.
I experienced similar benefits when I spent a weekend doing 7 dedicated circuits to my listening room. It took me two weekends to finish it all, and it was worth every minute. I used hospital grade outlets and 10 gauge romex.

Enjoy!

Paul :-)
beemer
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Yeah but you have not addressed aC noise yet. That will be the next major upgrade and I don't mean buying a line conditioner.

In my case AC noise is not an issue. The Levinson 33's and the 32 both regenerate their power.

My electrical service to the house was upgraded to 200 amp with a high-quality industrial panel. I did spec a new grounding rod as well when this work was done......brass clamp.

No power conditioner I've ever tried here on the other components which may benefit from it has made a shred of difference. My friend has the Richard Gray unit, on his system the difference with it in the system is immediately noticeable. We brought it here and nada......of course his service has never been updated and contains some nice glass fuses!

Best,

Paul :-)
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