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In Reply to: Please keep reviews succinct posted by Feanor on November 2, 2008 at 04:36:29:
Hi Feanor, thanks for overcoming your inner revulsion of words to read my post. Your effort is much appreciated! :-)Basically I'm buggered if I can't see why a $15 hospital-grade receptical wouldn't work as well as one of these.
Don't worry. You don't need to anally abuse yourself, and there's no need to bulge the veins on your forehead trying to work it out mentally. A simple empirical test of your own could cure your cerebral constipation. Find a manufacturer of high quality sockets (PS Audio, Furutech or Oyaide are my recommendations) that will give you a free in-house trial, and see for yourself the extraordinary benefits to be had, at no risk to your wallet. You already know that better quality sockets exist, otherwise you wouldn't be extolling the virtues of hospital grade receptacles. All I'm suggesting is that another leap of awareness is available to you!
FWIW My understanding of the situation is this: The best socket is no socket. A plug/receptacle interface can't improve the quality of your electricity: at best it can screw it up as little as possible. Unfortunately, but quite sensibly, electrical code in most countries forbids the hard-wiring of your equipment into the grid, so solutions have to be found to lessen the negative aspects of the compromise. To do this you have to improve the coupling.
PS Audio's approach is:
High quality parts + labor-intensive construction doesn't usually = cheap in my experience.
- To use high purity copper and beryllium in place of brass because those metals are better conductors.
- To polish every metal surface several times because a microscopically pitted surface will cause micro-arcing, which in turn creates EMI/RFI. Polish those pits to a mirror-like shine and the improvements are remarkable!
- To direct gold plate the contacts because gold doesn't tarnish much in air, thus lessening the need for Deoxit.
- To cast the body from a material with an extremely low dielectric constant to isolate the conductors and improve transmission.
- To have super-tight gripping power!
I have found the most extraordinary improvements from (in hi-fi terms) a relatively inexpensive product and I'm enthused enough to want to tell people about it. But this is not an article of faith. You don't have to believe anything I say. Experience it for free for 30-days, and if you don't like it after that time, send it back and write your own counter-review. :-)
I sincerely hope this helps! And relax. Some people are wordier than others... there's no need to take it personally. :-)
DE
Edits: 11/02/08
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