Wonderful forum from which I've learned so much about experiencing beautiful sound.
We are fortunate enough to be building a new home this year. Part of our design is a 26'x21' 2+ story room that will be a combo library/sound room with wall treatments etc. We'll be purchasing a loudspeaker/amp/preamp/dac etc system after the home is complete.
Forgive my ignorance, but I wanted to ask based on your experience what an ideal set up would be for the built-in electrical that will be dedicated to the sound system, if you were starting from scratch. Should it help, I'm leaning toward MBL 101 e Mk. II's in a MBL reference system, but we haven't listed to enough systems to be sure. There will be no video component to the set up. We'd like the electrical set up to keep our options open for buying equipment second hand from the US or Europe, and for changing our system components over the decades.
How many plugs would you recommend- perhaps 10 each of 110 and 10 each of 220v? What amperage? Should we have a dedicated panel and dual grounding just for the audio components? (Much of the home will use LED lighting some on dimmers- we want to minimize contamination and interference from that to the audio). I have a friend who has had multiple high end systems who recommended hospital grade electrical- which I believe means dual grounding and specialized plugs (perhaps other aspects?). All the wiring will be copper per code. What other non-standard specs would you recommend we give our electrician?
Thank you in advance for your advice.
We are fortunate enough to be building a new home this year. Part of our design is a 26'x21' 2+ story room that will be a combo library/sound room with wall treatments etc. We'll be purchasing a loudspeaker/amp/preamp/dac etc system after the home is complete.
Forgive my ignorance, but I wanted to ask based on your experience what an ideal set up would be for the built-in electrical that will be dedicated to the sound system, if you were starting from scratch. Should it help, I'm leaning toward MBL 101 e Mk. II's in a MBL reference system, but we haven't listed to enough systems to be sure. There will be no video component to the set up. We'd like the electrical set up to keep our options open for buying equipment second hand from the US or Europe, and for changing our system components over the decades.
How many plugs would you recommend- perhaps 10 each of 110 and 10 each of 220v? What amperage? Should we have a dedicated panel and dual grounding just for the audio components? (Much of the home will use LED lighting some on dimmers- we want to minimize contamination and interference from that to the audio). I have a friend who has had multiple high end systems who recommended hospital grade electrical- which I believe means dual grounding and specialized plugs (perhaps other aspects?). All the wiring will be copper per code. What other non-standard specs would you recommend we give our electrician?
Thank you in advance for your advice.
