Thoughts for 12 foot power cord and ’middle of room’? I use several four meter power cords. I have my stereo equipment stack near me. The amp near the speakers. (MY speakers (Magnepan 20.7 are at narrow end of room. MY listening chair is really in middle of room, equipment rack back and to left, along left wall between me and speakers is the Plasma TV and its stand with ’extra’ CD changers and DVD stuff.
(you might try the amp ’halfway’ to the speakers?) Along the wall?
And my power? from the kitchen 20 ampere outlet, with a pair of 32 ft and 40 ft long 9 gauge AC extensions to Duplex boxes, one set near the amp, one set near the power conditioners.MY equipment rack is actually out, away from the wall,) so I can get behind it easily, close enough I can reach the physical volume knob from my listening position.Directly behind it is my PS Audio P-600 regenerator. And back to the side, behind it and the main rack, my two TTs(I cannot begin to say what a nice convenience the rack away from the wall is. Years of experience I LOVE not having to struggle to get at the wires!)MY other power conditioner is away, past the TV stand (against the wall).
((That could be where you put the amp))
Used to use that conditioner for the amp too. (no longer) So each way was four meters. Now I could. maybe, move it closer.Anyway, I have used a lot of four meter powercords. The nice thing is the ’extra’ meters usually do not cost near as much as the first, for plenty of brands of power cords. Having a longer IC to the amp, and half as long speaker cables.. Would be good too.I opt for long XLR to amp, and short speaker cables.
added: PS my interconnects are mostly Kimber KS1016 (RCA) and KS1116 (XLR) with a few Cardas Parsec