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>I figure I'll probly
>only need one 20 amp ckt to get enough juice (maybe 2?), but I've 
>heard it's good to have
>lights on a separate ckt, which I could do (on a 15A I guess).  Is 
>this right?  Anything else I
>should do/not do for clean power?

That's essentially what I've done in my studio. All sockets for audio 
gear (synths, mixer, amplifier) are on one breaker. All computer gear 
is on another breaker. Lights are on another breaker, and the rest of 
the house is on separate breakers as well.


>Then of course is the issue of power conditioning.  I have a UPS 
>with a little brownout
>protection and the usual surge stuff - nothing fancy.  Do I need 
>something better?  I want
>to make good records and not have my power be the weak link in the 
>audio quality chain.

I use UPS for all gear with hard drives. I use surge protectors for 
all other gear.

Despite this, I still had to do a lot of messing around with ground 
connections to remove ground loop hum once I got all the gear hooked 
up. I don't have any issues with noisy power now (knock on wood).