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The far more serious one would be the effect on current. If his power amp employs the traditional power supply scheme, there will be significant reduction in the current delivery.

I did quick measurement using a power amp delivering just 50W into 8 Ohm load, just one channel.

First - straight into the wall outlet, and then fed through a good quality isolation transformer of about the same size as shown here.

With the introduction of the transformer the current peaks dropped by a factor of 2. And this - with a fairly moderate power delivery.

As I said before - there WILL be effect, whether pleasing or not I can't tell.

My general recommendation for systems of moderate power is usually for AT LEAST 2KVA isolation transformer rating. But if at all possible, go for 4-5KVA.

Consider something like this - it is not too big, and not expensive by the high end audio standards. :)

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Rex-Isolation-Transformer-8-0-KVA-3PH-480Delta-x-480Y-277-DC8HP-K4/182420622365?hash=item2a791dcc1d:g:BtAAAOSw5cNYePy4





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