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From: wmartin@STL-06SIMA.ARMY.MIL (Will Martin)
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Subject: Re:  Leaving components turned on.
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Date: 21 Jan 91 14:20:35 GMT
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From: ph@ama-1.ama.caltech.edu (Paul Hardy)
>Tice has very nice products, but I'm put off by their prices.  Someone wrote
>a letter to the editor of Sterophile or TAS a couple of years ago or so in
>response to a Tice line conditioner review, and pointed out that instead of
>spending $2000 on line conditioners, you could have the electric company
>install a separate mains line for your audio equipment in your home for $1000
>with better results.

Actually, at least here (St. Louis) the last time I checked, the
electric company would run a second mains line to your premises for
free. They make their money off the meter readings generated by that
line (even if you use no electricity, the minimum billing gets them a
hefty profit). I had been thinking about putting a fully-equipped
workshop in my garage, which is separated from my house by 50+ feet but
which is close to the power lines running down the alley. Seemed far more
sensible to avoid digging up the yard to replace the existing
low-capacity house-to-garage buried wiring conduit, and just put in a
completely new service dircet to the garage, so that's why I asked.
(Never did it; maybe at some future date...)

Of course, the homeowner pays for the electrician to do everything on
the house side of the meter, so maybe that's the $1000 cited above. But
a do-it-youselfer could save a lot by doing all the rough wiring.

Of course, I guess an audiophile would have to use silver wire... :-)
There go the savings...

Regards, Will