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My sound room has dedicated AC lines, and good power conditioner and grounding. I have a separate computer room to stream music and distribute cable and wifi. This room is a bit of a disaster because there are more than 6 wall warts connected to cheap power strips. The adapters are bulky and take up 2 outlets for a single connection. These AC adapters are used by Synology NAS, cable modem, Netgear router, etc. I want to remove these wall warts to reduce clutter and AC noise. The best candidate that I've found is the MIDDLE ATLANTIC PD-DC-45 DC distribution unit, which has 6x12v and 6x5v outlets. I plan to connect this DC unit to a compact power conditioner (eg. Shunyata Venom PS8). Anyone have experience with the PD-DC-45 or similar product? Any better idea?

I'm curious what other folks view as necessary gear for their "tribble" collection of wall warts, power "bricks", and transformers used to power the gadgets in a streaming solution. My collection now includes 4 wall warts, 2 bricks to power little boxes like FMC's, Synology NAS, external SDXC card readers, backup drive, and Schitt Eitr. All very messily connected to a surge protector strip of dubious parentage. Should I be feeling any electrical "hypochondria" about this? If so, whats your thoughts and approach to electrically tame these tribbles?