A not sarcastic question for the power conditioner/upgraded power cord folks

@immatthewj sorry, I do understand that you already have multiple dedicated AC lines in place.   What I should have said is that it sounds like you have decided to configure those to use in place of your glorified power strip. My main general point was that there are much more glorified power strips available now, and much more glorified cables available to connect them to the wall, and that those cables can make a very big difference.

My snarky comment about 12 AWG vs 10 AWG AC supply wire is based on personal experience.  YMMV.  Running separate lines as you have should reduce any issues. And yes, running 10 gauge wire through ceilings and walls is more difficult than 12 gauge. 

kn

@knownothing , thanks for clarifying. And I didn't take anything negative from the 12/10 river of denial comment.   And now that I see what you are getting at, yes, what I think I am going achieve  first is running my gear straight to the wall with nothing in between. And sorry if I may have came off as sounding terse about it.  And whether or not I will swap out those runs of 12-2 that I put in for 10 is up in the air.  

Re: the post by Chuck and also attributed to The Absolute Sound.

I might have a suggestion for those folks in the position of building a new home: 

When I renovated my home and upsized 49.9% (a limit to avoid immediate reassessment) we changed our service entrance drop and the old 4/0 Aluminum SE cable was surplused.  I ran that from the new primary panel to a subpanel just below my new living room and as long as we lived there we never got the slightest dip when the whole-house AC or anything else kicked in - including anything from some extended low end synth to the Also Sprach Zarathustra intro.

I had a separate 20A circuit fed to behind each equipment rack from that subpanel in the basement area below so all runs were less than 15 feet. The only other runs off that panel were to my electronics workshop in the room below, and I could only be in one or the other so it never interfered.   

As noted in the really long post, the two key issues are 1: to have the stiffest possible power source (large gauge wire) as close to the load as you can with the best possible connections and 2: have some sort of RFI/EMI suppression as close to the load as possible as well.  Even ferrites on every cord at the point it plugs into the load will help a bit, although circuitry in the power conditioner appropriate to the specific load type is valuable as well.  I would quote brands, etc. but that construction and circuitry was back in the mid 90's and is not pertinent in todays market.  

As always, be sure to take time to listen and enjoy the music!   

Power cords can make a difference as long as your ears can hear a qualitative difference. Most high end audio cable come in different lengths to customize the fit to each individual system, cable management may be a better term. Trial and error, listen, purchase and return till your level of satisfaction. Good luck.

Frank

I was thinking about all my thoughts and feelings I still wanted to write about regarding the tariffs and my love for trump in that thread yesterday, Would it be ok to continue that here @immatthewj ?

Just kidding! This time SERIOUSLY KIDDING. ,

Sorry