How do I get good sounding, clean electricity?


A'goners, I am about to build out my basement for a home theater and I have the chance to do the electicity and wiring properly. However, I'm not sure what "proper" is.

Does anyone have any thoughts on what makes for good clean electrical power? Should I set up seperate circuits from the main (which I am doing anyway). Should I use any special copper wire, connections or outlets, what about this cryogenic thing, conditioners, etc. I'm in the US with 112 volts.

I'm not too anal (yet) but while building out the basics if there's anything wise to do first, now is the time.

As always, my sincere thanks for any input.

Kevin
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Showing 1 response by jafox

I would not limit to only two dedicated lines. The amplifiers, whether or not biamping for the front speakers might need 2 circuits alone. And with an HT setup, there are even more amplifiers to deal with. I would say at least two 30A circuits for any high current drawing amps and another two 20A for the remainder of amps and preamp/sources and one more for ancilliary electrical needs such as lights. It sounds like a lot, but now's the time to do it.

A member here, MikeLavigne, did a most impressive write-up on the work he went through to build a dedicated room. A big part of this was the electrical so he would be a very good source of hands-on experience as to what works and does not. And another member, AlbertPorter, has shared much of his experiences here on this topic.