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Hi,
I'm about to buy some Shunyata Venom 3's and also make a power strip with a pair of Oyaide R1's and wondered if I should bother looking for a solid brass nickel plated IEC to match the plugs on the Venom 3's. If not, what suggestions do you guys have.
I've spent the last 3 days reading various threads which all seem to have more post for or against power cords than any helpful tips.Lets hope this thread fairs a little better.
Thanks,
Acass.
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Thanks guys,
I talked to Chris at VH Audio and he will Cryo me a Oyaide one for $5, sounds like a deal to me.
I'm going to make a power strip with a 2 gang plastic box and a pr of Oyaide R1's, it will look like crap but I can always rebuild it if I find a decent enclosure later on.
I can't afford a WPC Z2 cover for it so I will try to cobble something together, like cutting the center out of a nonferrous switch plate and gluing a cheap carbon fiber outlet cover in it.
Cheers
acass
A typical stock IEC inlet is nickel plated brass, which won't provide any sonic benefit when mated with a nickel plated brass IEC connector. In fact, it tends to be best to move away from the sonic signature of a nickel plated brass IEC inlet regardless of the base metal and plating of a particular IEC connector it's mated with. Since you are using Oyaide R1 AC outlets (platinum + palladium plated beryllium copper) for your power strip, I recommend the Oyaide Power Inlet R IEC inlet (platinum + palladium plated phosphor bronze) which should mate fine with the stock Venom3 molded IEC connector, while complementing the sonic signature of the R1 AC outlets, and ensure high performance if and when a premium power cord upgrade is considered sometime down the road.
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Assuming we're talking reasonable quality of materials or better, in my opinion, the only thing that matters from a performance perspective is if the connectors are cryo-treated using the full immersion method rather than the inferior but far more popular vapor method.
I don't know if the vendors you mention partake in cryo'ing. But Furutech cryo-treats all of their products and based on some performance experiences, I'd venture Furutech uses the full immersion method.
Actually, let me restate that. Knowing what I think I know based on my limited experiences over 10 years with cryo'ed vs non-cryo'ed and cryo-vapor vs cryo-full-immersion, if given the choice between the best constructed but non-cryo'ed $400 AC connectors or $3 AC connectors from Lowes that were cryo'ed via full immersion, I'd go for the $3 Lowes products. Assuming we're talking performance potentials.
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