Long Run to Wall Plug vs Short Run to Conditioner?


How best to power a serious tube preamp such as ARC LS28SE? Your options are a 1M run to the power conditioner vs a 3M run to wall plug on same circuit. Assume power cords are identical except as to length. Does it matter?

hickamore

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Short after conditioner. Reasoning: Noise pickup.

A good conditioner removes audible noise and EMI/RFI as well from the AC signal. However this output is not guaranteed to stay clean. To ensure the signal stays clean you want a short and shielded power cord after the conditioner. The longer that cord the higher the chances of noise pickup.

Same reason why I recommend not putting in noise polluting devices after the conditioner.  This means PC's, network power supplies, etc.