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Pwr enhancer or straight from the wall?

I have heard that high current pwr amps sound better if they are pluged straight in from the wall. In fact when I had the Aragon 4004 this is what I did. Now going to tubes(Anthem amp1) I am wondering if going back to a pwr conditioner(lightspeed 3200) will keep the amp from doing all it can do. Do tube amps have the high current draw as solid state amps? Thanks in advance. (BTW I am currently using the amp in this mode and do not hear any ill effects.)
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I'm about to direct-wire my Aleph 2s (300 w idle ea) to the board with 10-2 Romex, through a 30amp HD switch to a hosp grade outlet. I'll let you know if there's a diff. PCs yet to be decided....
Bought two heavy duty Leviton duplex outlets at the Depot as well. The $4 "commercial" one and the $11 hosp grade one differed ONLY in the separate floating ground of the chassis. Same contacts, molded parts, thickness, etc.
Except of course for the orange color.
You really think they sound different? C'mon. Yeah, I guess the orange is warmer....
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