I'm having an electrician install dedicated circuits in my 9 year-old home next weekend, to get my av system on their own circuits.
In my primary room, I have a 50" plasma, a 120W x 7 ch AVR, 1 source component, a subwoofer and a power conditioner.
In an adjacent room, I have 2 source components connected to my system.
My thoughts are to put the 2 source components in the 2nd room on dedicated circuit #1, put the subwoofer on dedicated circuit #2, and all else on dedicated circuit #3.
I understand that it is always better sonically to have your amplifiers and subwoofer on a separate circuit from your front end components, if possible. Does an AVR count as a amplifier in this case, and therefore should the AVR be put on a dedicated circuit?
I also understand that to make dedicated circuits the best that they can possibly be, make certain that the wire from the panel to each of the outlets is exactly the same length. This insures that the ground potential in both the circuits is exactly the same and you will not have hum issues that can result when connecting components plugged into different circuits together via interconnect or speaker cables.
All circuits will be 20 amp with 10awg wire.
I'd appreciate hearing your thoughts/feedback. Thank you.
