Dedicated power and outlets


I'm having a room addition built and will house my audio gear there. I was thinking of dedicating a circuit to just my equipment which consists of amp, pre amp, cd player, and laptop I use to play lossless digital files- my main source.

Will also set-up a home theater separately, but not really concerned about it cause I don't watch many movies or TV other than sports.

Mainly want to insure optimum sound quality at a reasonable price.

What should I use in terms of outlet(s), cabling from circuit box(which is about 3 feet away from where I will hook-up) or whatever else would seem appropriate? I'm not looking for super high end, just something that would make sense since the situation presents itself to "do it right".

Thanks for any input.
jamesk58

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Stay away from PS Audio outlets.Get Furutechs or Shunyata.Stereophile stopped reccomending them because of a poor build quality.
Mrjstark,i still have one somewhere in the house and would gladly sell it to you.I bought it at the CES from Music Direct dealers (they had a last day of the show special)for $35.I bought it just to try out after reading Art Dudley's review several years ago.I burned it in the video system first and after several months installed in the audio system.It sounded OK (lightweight and splashy)and i can see where it can bring certain improvements to a dark system.But i uninstalled it after i noticed that my power cords were not gripped tightly enough by it.Only later i read Art Dudley's follow-up regarding poor build quality.
After that article Stereophile pulled the plug on reccomending these outlets untill the problem is fixed.
Mrjstark,no hard feelings :)
This hobby is frustrating as it is.You're right,if you upgrading from stock Home Depot outlet,even the besr ones they sell (Levitton $9=74)PS Audio outlet is an upgrade.