For the benefit of those without dedicated AC line wall outlets, one can use one of the new age power strips which do not current limit, and usually help non-dedicated AC lines to better power components, judging by the audible results rather than by a theory of what should be.
One of these is the Mapleshade Records top of the line power strip which worked in one of my tube systems, even helping the clarity, transient speed, and slam of a Cary SLA-70Sig amp with its old fashioned fixed power cord.
In another system, I plugged a different tube amp directly into a non-dedicated AC wall outlet using the comparable Mapleshade Records single component power cord to improve an Aronov LS-960I tube integrated. Here, the front end digital components are plugged into an older model (non-current limiting) Quantum power strip, the Quantum Octave, which is plugged into a non-dedicated AC wall outlet
Obviously, what is heard depends on the AC quality, and on the particular components, but few of us have dedicated AC lines for our system(s), and so this represents a middle path for those who have an interest in better performance on their same old AC lines.
One of these is the Mapleshade Records top of the line power strip which worked in one of my tube systems, even helping the clarity, transient speed, and slam of a Cary SLA-70Sig amp with its old fashioned fixed power cord.
In another system, I plugged a different tube amp directly into a non-dedicated AC wall outlet using the comparable Mapleshade Records single component power cord to improve an Aronov LS-960I tube integrated. Here, the front end digital components are plugged into an older model (non-current limiting) Quantum power strip, the Quantum Octave, which is plugged into a non-dedicated AC wall outlet
Obviously, what is heard depends on the AC quality, and on the particular components, but few of us have dedicated AC lines for our system(s), and so this represents a middle path for those who have an interest in better performance on their same old AC lines.