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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One purpose of the power conditioner is to have all of your AC receptacles terminated in the same place to avoid ground loops. The high current ones designated for power amps primarily, dispense with filtering other than surge protection to keep the AC line's impedance low.  Typically, the multitude of other AC receptacles on the power conditioner are labeled as to their intended purpose and you should choose the one labeled as such for your preamp.