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Dedicated power,long power cords - waste of time?

I am thinking about putting in a couple of dedicated lines but if I do this I will require extra long power cords, say about 20 feet in length, as the dedicated outlets must be installed across the room from where my system resides? There is no way around this.

Currently I have 3 pieces on 1 15 amp line. Bryston amp, Hovland preamp and my digital gear is plugged into a small BPT conditioner also on the same line. Installing 2 lines would allow me to drive the preamp and amp on their own lines and leave the digital alone on its own.

The downside is having to run 2 really long power cords which I would plug directly into the amp and preamp's IEC inlets.

Am I spinning my wheels here? Is this money down a rathole???

All opinions and/or related personal experiences are most welcome.
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newmanoc
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If you already have one dedicated line that does not require long (and consequently potentially very expensive) power cords, I would be really cautious about saying you definitely will find an audible improvement adding the two extra lines under these circumstances. If you could plug straight into the wall, you probably would hear a clear improvement. But the really big sonic upgrade seems to be going from no dedicated lines to at least one, which if I understand your post, you already have. Depending on what power cords you are thinking about using, this could be a very expensive undertaking indeed. The lines themselves could be done for less than $500 in most cases, but power cords of this length could easily run many times this amount by themselves. And long runs in cords/cables are never a good thing sonically to begin with.
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