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RE: Oyaide R1 outlet update.

IME, Zu filled their AC connector shells with potting compound, which can be rather difficult to remove from an AC power cord connector termination area, and does nothing good from a sonic perspective, IMO.

As for the mentioned bulk power cord cables, I have experience of both the DH Labs Power Plus and Furutech FP-3TS20, and would not suggest either of them. The DH Labs Power Plus features a very fine stand count conductor, with frequency peaks in the upper-bass and lower-treble, with a characteristically softened image solidity and leading edge. The Furutech FP-3TS20 was a downright difficult power cord to find satisfactory AC connector synergy with until it was terminated with Oyaide P/C-046 AC connectors mated with a gold Oyaide SWO-GX AC outlet, which is acceptable but not optimum, to my ear (now doing duty in a second system).

As for the mentioned AC connectors, silver plated AC connectors are problematic, IME. They can be used to custom tune an audio system by reducing overly-warm sounding tonal bloom, but tend to sound too lean and dry for my taste when compared to other plating schemes that tend to provide a more liquid sounding, streamlined sonic signature without loss of musicality, to my ear. YMMV

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