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audiosaurusrex I think you misunderstood what the electrician said.
In the typical US residential neighborhood the houses are fed from a single phase step down isolation type transformer. The secondary winding is center tapped. From the two outer most leads, legs, of the winding there is a voltage potential of 240Vac nominal. These two leads, legs, are called the Hot Ungrounded conductors.
From either of the two Hot Ungrounded leads, legs, to the center tap lead, leg, there is a voltage potential of 120Vac nominal. The center lead, leg, is intentionally grounded, connected, to earth at the electrical service equipment panel of the house making it the Grounded Conductor, the Neutral Conductor.
The winding is called a Split Phase secondary winding.
So yes there is only one phase but there are two 120Vac Lines.
Line 1 (L1) and Line 2 (L2). The two Hot 120Vac Lines, legs, are 180 degrees out of phase with one another.
Can one Line, leg, have loads that are connected to it putting AC noise back on it that are noisier than the other Line? Yes it can. Can the noisy Line still have an affect on the Other Line? Yes but to a lesser degree. Depends.
Best thing to do is not install the branch circuit breaker for a dedicated line for audio or video equipment in close proximity, (therein directly across from or directly above or directly below), to a know circuit that has a noisy load/s connected to it. The further away the better. (Note: Directly across from is the same Line as the dedicated circuit breaker. Directly above or directly below the dedicated circuit breaker is the opposite Line, leg.
Here is a good video on how a transformer with a split secondary winding works.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVamt9IdQd8