What should I plug my system into?

At the very least get a reasonably decent power strip: Wireworld has one with a detachable AC cord for about $40 available from Cable Company www.fatwyre.com
If you've noticed a sonic improvement, then you can move up from there. A relatively cheap Chang Lightspeed 3200 has 6 filtered outlets for about $250 (but isn't recommended for a large current hungry power amp) just for source components &/or smaller amps. There are already so many threads on the subject; I suggest you look at the archived threads, make a few choices to pick from, then experiment a bit until you find what will work well for you. There is no one absolute answer, & are probably quite a few reasonably affordable approaches.
Next thing to do: you could & likely should look into some upgrade AC cords. Again there are numerous archived threads on the subject to get you better acquainted.
And anyone who tries to tell you that none of this makes any difference has their ears completely stuffed full of silly putty.

Here is a link to a place that has PHENOMENAL prices on the Monster PLC's ( Power Line Conditioners ). I buy wholesale and believe me, these are BLOW OUT prices. Then again, the first series of HTS PLC's are discontinued, so they ARE blowing them out. I don't know if they have any left in stock at these prices, but it's worth a try. You will probably have to cut and paste the entire address into your brouser though as it is pretty long.

http://products.search.shopping.yahoo.com/search/t2?p=Monster+Cable+HTS&r=&mid=41512&did=&pf=&pt=&Y=1&q=&X=1&clink=

If they don't have any available, go to

http://shopping.yahoo.com/

and search for a specific model that you may be interested in. You can find some others that are almost as low, but not quite. There are several places that are measurably cheaper than GlobalMart, who used to be our "budget source" for the Monsters. Hope this helps... Sean
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kdl6769:

i use the strip that naim recommends. it's *really* great.

for te most part, i agree with all that naim states on the link you mentioned. i think it's well worth a read.

Power conditioners DO make a difference. This from an old quasi-objectivist who will be glad to give you an A-B evaluation in his living room.

That being said, I don't think the extremely costly ones are worth the price. In my own case, a Monster 5000 ($600 list but now readily available for $450 since a new model came out) offers a good compromise between audible improvement and affordability.

I'm very surprised noone has mentioned the Panamax line
of surge protectors and line conditioners. I just moved up
from Adcom stuff to a McIntosh system and discovered my
old TrippLite line conditioner no longer had enough outlets
to plug everything into.
So after looking around a bit and reading some very
unhappy posts about Monster Power products on several websites - I looked into buying a Panamax line conditoner.
I just set up a Panamax 5300 Line Conditioner in my system,
and could not be more pleased. There is absolutely no
discernable noise in my audio system at all. The picture
quality of my Sony 32" Monitor has improved a bit; and
even when I use my McIntosh MR-75 manual tuner, there is
minimal noise when tuning between stations.
The 5300 has 10 double filtered outlets on the back of
the unit - including two to be used for high current
units such as amps and sub-woofers. And a convenience outlet
on the front. Build quality is great - a well built metal
cabinet with a detachable power cord.