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RE: Oyaide P-004 Beryllium AC Plug/C-004 Beryllium IEC Connector Report

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In Reply to: RE: Oyaide P-004 Beryllium AC Plug/C-004 Beryllium IEC Connector Report posted by Duster on July 16, 2007 at 12:04:22

I recently switched the power cord on my amp and cd player. One had wattgate gold 330i connectors, the other had furutech rhodium connectors. I am now using a cord with C-004/P004 connectors, and another with M1/F1 connectors.

Considering the cords are all different, its hard to say how much of the new sound is coming from the connectors, but here is what I have noticed:

-rhodium cord had a vivid midrange, tight bass and forward highs
-330i cord had the warmest tone, with slightly boomy bass and laid back coloured highs
-both new cords have rock solid bass, the vivid mids of the rhodium cord, and relaxed highs with proper tone

Biggie.

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A note about Wattgate synergy... - Duster 14:54:14 07/17/07 (1)
"-330i cord had the warmest tone, with slightly boomy bass and laid back coloured highs"

I've found an excellent remedy for what you describe as being unfavorable about the gold Wattgate AC connectors (as well as the gold Wattgate AC outlet) -- I find the gold Wattgate AC connector's unfavorable sonic signature aspects are very much improved when mated with the relatively new to the market silver Wattgate 381 Ag AC outlet -- the same remedy (in reverse) for the gold Wattgate 381 AC outlet is the silver Wattgate 330i Ag AC plug and silver Wattgate 350i Ag IEC connector combo.

My two VH Audio AirSine power cords (one placed on preamp; the other placed on power amp) are terminated with gold Wattgate 330i AC plugs and gold Wattgate 350i IEC connectors. When the AirSine's are plugged into silver Wattgate 381 Ag AC outlets the unfavorable sonic signature aspects are transformed, not unlike mating a gold Oyaide P-079 AC plug with a palladium Oyaide SWO-XXX AC outlet (The notion of not mating dissimilar metals seems to not be applicable towards AC gear, since many folks certainly enjoy the popular SWO-XXX/079 combo, and a Wattgate gold/silver combo also presents fine synergy to my ear).

As for the gold Wattgate 381 AC outlet remedy, my DIY VH Audio Flavor 3 power cord (placed on CDP implemented as digital transport) is terminated with a silver Wattgate 330i Ag AC plug and silver Wattgate 350i Ag IEC connector -- when plugged into a gold Wattgate 381 AC outlet, the same type of synergy occurs to my ear.

:-)
- RE: A note about Wattgate synergy... - NotoriousBIG_PJ 16:26:18 07/17/07 (0)
  I forgot to mention, the 330i was plugged into a furutech silver outlet. I also want to reiterate that all 4 cords were different, so I was not comparing apples to apples. :p
  
  I ended up replacing the silver outlet with a new model furutech gold outlet, since I was afraid my system would lose too much warmth with the new cords.
  
  Biggie.

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