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Listening off grid with batteries

Finished the design phase for my new home which will be in a remote off grid location. The design and modeling process has taken over a year. Absolutely amazing what can be done by a talented architect, computer modeling, shading,virtual tour etc. Now it's down to the music room details before we start.

Electric Power will come from solar and micro hydro. Gen set for back up, but only as a last resort.
Does anyone here on Agon have any first hand experience with this kind of set up.
Thinking of a split electrical system where one grid is for the hifi and the other is for the home. Some say it's a waste of time and money but I want to get it right the first time.
Is this necessary when using a solar set up ?
Building homes for 25 years but this will be my first off grid home.
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I'll be building a house with out an AC connection for the time being, I'm wondering if anyone has some more recent info. on solar powered HiFi. So here are my off the wall questions.
Is it possible to build/buy "half" a regenerator DC to AC? Obviously that is what an inverter is, but I'm talking quality along the lines of PS Audio. It seem like a waste to convert DC to AC just to run it through a regenerator AC-DC-AC, then back to DC inside the amps. Does anyone have any info. on how clean the AC from a Tesla Power Wall is? I'm not buying one but wonder about their technology. I've got two PP tube amps and hope to keep using them. Is this even realistic?
What about battery?DC powered HiFi gear. I image some improvements have been made since this discussion from 2010.
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