Dedicated Lines & Power Conditioners

Sorry to have injected an inaccurate/spurious term ("micro arcing") in the discussion. I couldn't think of a way to describe the phenomenon that has been explained to me. My poorly stated observation is that anywhere there is a connection, distortion can and likely will be introduced on the circuit. (As has been explained to my by more than one systems controls engineer who deal with industrial control systems as found in nuclear power plants and chemical production plants, these distortions are easily seen with the kinds of test used for final tuning of these control systems, and they can play havoc with the system.)

Whether there is arcing or not, Jea48 has identified the potential concern very well.

The point is: avoid the connection and eliminate the introduction of yet another distortion to your system. If you're serious about installing dedicated circuits, install them as home runs with one home run per electrical outlet. If a connection is unavoidable, use a top performing contact enhancer like Walker Audio Extreme SST.
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Sorry to have injected an inaccurate/spurious term ("micro arcing") in the discussion.
Rushton.

Not sure what else to call it..... Works for me.
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Rushton,

You can’t compare an industrial setting to your home. Plants and factories have big motors, compressors, switching power supplies and other very noisy things. This is very different from the home environment. Don’t get me wrong, there still is noise but its several orders of magnitude lower.
You mentioned being educated on noise by control system engineers. Please understand that control systems are just feedback loops. They monitor the output and correct the input. In a feedback loop, speed (bandwidth) is very important. You can eliminate noise in a feedback loop, but you will severely limit its bandwidth [which is not desired]. So in other words, noise as it relates to a control system and noise on your power line are two very different things.

“My poorly stated observation is that anywhere there is a connection, distortion can and likely will be introduced on the circuit”.

I totally disagree and I challenge you to find a published technical article that shows distortion caused by an AC receptacle junction.

Sadownic, did I do something to ruffle your feathers? Your posts strike me as someone approaching this discussion as if it were a contest. If I misconstrue your intent, and you simply wish to insure that information shared here is accurate, then I welcome your continuing efforts to share better information with us. But as to the use of dedicated home run circuits as a "best practice," I think I shall continue to recommend that to those seeking some practical advice on trying to get the best sound they can from their home systems.
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