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In Reply to: RE: 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: 04/17/15Follow Ups:
Hi Dryginger,
Your test with and without tells the same as I read in the review I told in my first post.
In my case there would be no safety issue because my fuse is not in the iec
but just after in the amplifier PSU or cdp.
In the "supply chain" of electricity from generating station to the outlet in the wall behind your equipment there are too many 'flat metal to flat metal' connections to count-
there are isolation switches mounted on distribution power lines,
Open air switches in transformer yards
breakers up and down the line for overload/short protection
there are the connections in your own "fuse-box" distribution panel
I am not sure that removing ONE set - at the end of the power-cord - is worth the safety risk.
Happy Listening
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