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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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rkujan
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This discussion is excellent.

I have my basement gutted and need advice on wiring since this will be my listening room.  I’ve investigated soundproofing thoroughly. But really don’t understand wiring the basement, what to tell the electrician, or where I should go to learn about it.  
I talked to one electrician about wiring with respect to an audio system. He looked at me blankly and had no idea what I was taking about. 
”Running one normal dedicated line”: does that mean the wiring is from the circuit box to the outlet then directly to the audio equipment?  You can see I’m a little lost here.  

Where should I go to learn the basics?  
Thank you in advance.  
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