Work with the dealer to experiment for yourself and see what works best; you may find a more favorable configuration; you have good starting information, but take what you read on the net with a grain of salt. All MIT products will provide you with star grounding, however, keep in mind star grounding requires that all relevant components be plugged into the same strip - my tuner doesn't care about star-grounding, but my phono, for example, surely does. Exceptionally sensitive components like a phono stage or a tuner are an easy guide to good noise reduction: the former with humming, the latter with hash. Conversely, digital products are, in general, exceptionally noisy. Another thing to keep in mind is what noise the power cords you choose may end up inducing into the environment - I don't know about the MITs, but the Shunyatas (and every cord I have chosen) don't; I use a device like this one
http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc...ord=voltage+tester&storeId=10051#.UQ_PbvXsYfM to test the field around a cord and IEC connectors (it's inductive, meaning, it's got a tiny coil at the tip, and the device lights up if it detects a magnetic field; with non-shielded cords, it can go off as far as 3 ft away!). And always be mindful of the weakest link effect - I sometimes forget about this; for example, don't use an inferior cord to feed the power conditioner. Good luck and do post your final configuration.