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RE: connecting audio gears directly to ac without plugs

Posted by Dryginger2 (A) on April 17, 2015 at 10:16:57

In Reply to: connecting audio gears directly to ac without plugs posted by aupiho on April 17, 2015 at 00:25:57:

Aupiho,

Not encouraging others to try the following since it did not sound good and particularly for reasons of possible safety concern. A year ago I did test the sound after removing the connector from the end of the amplifier AC power cable and connecting its stranded wires directly to the terminals on the back of the AC wall outlet. Had expected the elimination of flat-metal surface-arcing between connector and AC wall-outlet socket to lead to higher quality sound. To the contrary, it immediately became audibly obvious in terms of tone that the connector played a primary role as an intermediary material between dissimilar cable metals and dissimilar cable types (single core/ stranded) and any perceived fragmentation through arcing was a small trade-off to pay and minimize with better quality connectors.

Have never tried solid core wall wire direct to a component AC input which would certainly create a safety hazard by bypassing the input fuse in my amplifier. The same objection would apply in removing the IEC and soldering the stranded wires of the amplifier AC cable to its input terminals and so bypassing the amplifier's input fuse. (Tom E, please note in peace.)

DG

Edits: 04/17/15

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