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New listening room electrical design

I'm moving to anew house in a few weeks, and trying to figure out the electrical design.
My current room was designed by Rives and I have numerous dedicated lines in it, so, I'm somewhat familiar with the topic.
The new system proposed outline:
New dedicated subpanel, exclusively for the audio components (main located in the garage, adjacent to the new room).
I have 2 speakers (Avantgarde) with powered subs
2 separate JL Fathom subs
2 mono block amps (lamm ML2)
and number of front end component, locate on stand, that going to be on the side wall
(Preamp, crossover, TT and CD player)
I'm thinking:
Two lines with 2 duplex receptacles each to power avant-garde and JL subs
Two lines with one duplex each for Lamm mono blocks
Here is my main question:
For the preamp, crossover, TT and digital I have the following options:
1.   One line with two duplexes for the analog stuff
       Another line for digital
       3 duplex recptacles on 2 separate lines
2. One line (or two) and one power distribution box with 3-4 duplex receptacle, connected to the wall receptacle
3. Two lines hardwired (no wall receptacle and no IEC and power cord in the Power distr. box) to power distribution box, separating analog from digital receptacles inside the box

What is a better approach for the front end components?
Multiple lines feeding one duplex each,
One line feeding multiple duplexes
One line feeding power distribution box?
maril555

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gdnrbob
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Though I am not an electrician, I would first look at the power you can get from the utility.
I have heard from the techs at McCormack that California power is quite variable and differences during the day/night are significant.
Should this be your case, then maybe adding a power conditioner might be something you should consider.
As far as the wiring goes, and this is only my opinion, I would have a dedicated line going from the panel to your equipment. From there, I would add whatever outlets you need to run your equipment. Stereo equipment isn't that power hungry and running extra lines for analog/digital would be overkill, again in my opinion. So, a single line should suffice which would then feed all the components. (Though if you live in a Thunderstorm or highly volatile area, I would add a whole house power protector- I am sure your electrician would be more knowledgeable. If not you could look for a high end audio dealer to give you more information.
HTH Bob 
gdnrbob
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Thanks sbank, I knew that figure cleeds gave was not right.
Maril, for my money, I would go with #3.
As I said a dealer may be a good person to contact for the best info.
Johnny R (audioconnection) is an a Agon member/dealer. I would trust his opinion on anything regarding Hifi.
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