Dedicated 20 amp circuit - Electrician laughed!


I brought my electrician out to my house today to show him where I would like to install a dedicated 20a circuit for my system.  He laughed and said that's the stupidest thing he's heard and laughs when people talk about it.  It said, if you're going to do it, you have to have it separately grounded (shoving a new 8 foot rod into the ground) but even then, he sees no way there can be an audible improvement.

Now, he's not just an electrician though. He rebuilds tube amps on the side and tears apart amps and such all the time so he's quite well versed in audio electronics and how they operate.

He basically said anyone who thinks they hear a difference is fooling themselves.  

Personally, I'm still not sure, I'm no engineer, my room's not perfect, and I can't spend hours on end critical listening...  But, he does kinda pull me farther to the "snake oil" side and the "suggestive hearing" side (aka, you hear an improvement because you want to hear it).

I'm not taking a side here but I thought it was interesting how definitive he was that this not only WILL not make a difference but ALMOST CANNOT make a difference. 
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Millercarbon.  Multiple ground rods must be installed close to each other and be daisy-chained.  Different soil consists will produce different ground potentials.  This can have very bad implications... Problem is that many different locales have very different grounding capabilities.  Sometimes ground rods are welded end to end to reach down far enough to reach moisture that will provide a good ground. Corrosion enters into the issue.

My double ground rods are driven 4” apart close to a roof downspout to insure a “good” ground.  Even so, there is an extension of our drip system that provides constant moisture for a stable ground.
Your electrician is an idiot.  Don’t let him change a switch or receptacle.  Without an understanding of the NEC he is dangerous.

just sayin’...