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Amp and preamp on same outlet?

Just how much of a no-no is this? ARC goes as far to print in their manual to say to have the amp and preamp on their own circuit. I live in an apt. and I'm forced to have both plugged into the same outlet. Cords just don't reach....How much sound quality is lost by doing this? It sounds great as is, but is there a major detriment to this? I'm curious.
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tbg
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I have two dedicated lines, but use only one. The benefits and cost of ac filters mean that I can afford only one and seeing to isolating it from vibrations also means use of only one outlet. Years ago I tried to have each mono block on one dedicated outlet. I found the filters were of much greater benefit than separate lines.
tbg
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J_stereo, I had a ARC SP3 along with a Dual 51 and Dual 75. I never even thought of using the switched or unswitched outlets on the back. I don't remember doing any experiments to discourage using them, but perhaps others advised against doing so.

But I certainly do remember little concern about power cords, vibrations, EMI or RFI much less ics and speaker wires. My first special speaker wires were from Bob Fulton and I realized that I had used identical wires on my welding rig while in undergraduate days in a material testing lab.
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