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Question of power

I currently have 3 dedicated 20amp lines to power my system.  2 seven-channel amps have dedicated lines as required by the manufacturer and the prepro and sources are plugged into a Panamax 5300 PM on the third.  I’m looking to move the equipment to a different part of my basement and am curious would an Audioquest Niagara 7000 or PS AUDIO P10 powerplant cover me off for everything if it had its own dedicated line?  Would likely be a lot less mess and maybe about the same cost than having to rerun electrical.   
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esthlos13 OP
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I have a 7.2.4 surround system. Front three channels are biamped w custom Y-interconnects. System specs below. 

I read specs with the audioquest where it said it can handle 90 amps peak current which makes me believe it has some kind of power storage capacity and can deliver for brief periods more power than the outlet. But I could be misunderstanding. 

System:

Oppo-105D/ Audioquest Diamond HDMI for movies and balanced for music
Marantz AV8802a
Lexicon RX-7 amps (2 of them) each with dedicated 20 amp line and Shunyata Defender
Tivo Mini
JVC HR-S5901U S-VHS
Panasonic 65VT60 Plasma
Middle Atlantic fan cooled rack

Revel Ultima Salon 2 (mains) spiked on Herbie's discs
Revel Ultima Voice 2 (Center) on Revel Pedestal
Revel Ultima Gem 2 (Surround)
Revel W760 (back surround)
Revel C583 (2 pair, in ceiling for Atmos)
JL Audio Fathom F212V2

Audioquest Slip 14/2 and 14/4 speaker wire (a lot of in-wall runs)
Audioquest Mackenzie Balanced interconnects
Shunyata Viper Zitron power cables
Panamax 5300 PM - components plugged in on dedicated 20 amp line
esthlos13 OP
90 posts
 
Appreciate everyone’s feedback thus far.  One other note I have 2 of the JL subs and they are crossed over currently at 100hz so the speakers in general are not handling much in the way of low base duties thus should be sucking less power.  Though the Revels I don’t think are all that efficient....

  I’ll give AQ a call and PS Audio as well.  I’m in the planing stages of moving things around so trying to figure out what all the options and costs are.  
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