Did exactly this in 2 houses. Two different electricians ran dual 10 gauge from the box to dual quads so I could separate tube/SS for ground loops or noisy power supplies. Less than $800 both times without any holes in the sheet rock other than cutouts for outlets. An electrician should be able to notch the sheetrock to jump over a stud if necessary, which is easy to patch. As for 10g vs 12g…while you are in there it isn’t much more expensive on a short run, and it isn’t going to sound worse.
Installing dedicated 10 gauge lines
Everyone keeps saying how important it is to have a dedicated 10 gauge line from your breaker box to your amp (I have a Diablo 300), and a second one to your source components (primarily an InnuOS Zenith Mk 3 streamer/Roon core).
I would love to do this, but isn’t this a major expense, like $15k or more? Does all the drywall back to the breaker box need to be ripped out to install the new lines?
Sorry if these are dumb questions. If the answer to the above is yes and yes, this project definitely won’t get past my wife!
As an aside, on the same 15A circuit, I have my amp, streamer, a Mac Mini that is normally on, my TV, video game consoles, and a network switch. So, obviously not ideal but out of all of these the only things that are on while I’m listening to music, beyond my amp and streamer, are the Max Mini and the network switch which supplies network connections to my tv and game consoles.
Hoping installing the dedicated line installation somehow doesn’t require drywall ripping and replacement?