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Re: Damping versus shielding

I first made the observation when I was utilizing Marinco AC plugs in my system.

I first removed the outer barrel from the plug and briefly used it in that state and found that the whole audio spectrum became more focused, especially the bass, which portrayed a better sense of agility.

I then played around with dampening the barrel of the Marinco with Oatey's plumbers putty and that improved the audible focus but was too messy.

I then removed the blades and the GND pin from the plug body and safely soldered them to the power cord. I covered each connection in heavy duty heatshrink and plugged it in and sat back.
Holy #@$%!! THAT was a real ear opener as it completely transformed
the audio presentation from top to bottom but it was in the bass range that it had the greatest impact. It also spread the soundstage out quite a bit and greatly improved PRaT.

Since the PC with no plug body/barrel is not what one would consider safe, I tried an Oyaide P-079 from recommendations here and was surprised that it came very close to matching the sonic presentation as the cable without the plug body and from there, my AC obsession really took off.

Cheers,

~kenster


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