Dedicated Power line

Thanks for the input It is true that I am battling a major RF storm here. I live in SF and I want to use tubes. I orginally had a PV10A with a dna .5 and never had a problem. I bought a PFR (solid state), which worked fine, but every phono pre I bring home (three so far) picks up RF! I hear radio stations, you know. Weird thing is my PV10, using the phono section out the tape monitor to the PFR, has nearly no problem. I now have a VAC Avatar and though I have only had it a few hours, I am running in the RF again. I guess I am hoping a dedecated line will help, and I figure no matter what it can't hurt. As it is now, even in the best setup I get ticks through the speaker every time the heat goes on. Let me know any other ideas. Jim

I put in dedicated lines. Sorry, but almost no matter what, in my experience, the tubed phono stage will pick up RFI. But put in the dedicated lines because they'll help the system sound better.

Gladstone Where are you located? What phono stage are you using? Thanks

Just thinking out loud, I have all my equipment on a fireplace hearth in my dedicated listening room. "See there is a use for the living room after the family room is built". Anyway my tubed pre-amp is right in the opening of the fireplace and all my cords are in the fireplace. I have no noise that is audible, even if the volumn is full up. I'm wondering if all the masonry is shielding me from some of the RFI. The fireplace sits between the equipment and the city of Minneapolis (about 15 miles away). Does anyone have any thought on this.

I'm using the CAT Ultimate and live in Wash., DC. The only place you won't get RFI is in the basement.